Threat Category: SMS / MMS / RCS
ID: CEL-17
Threat Description: Due to certain OS bugs or vulnerabilites, specially crafted SMS messages may crash the application, launcher, or entire device.
Threat Origin
Attacking SMS 1
Exploit Examples
Beware of the Text Massage That Crashes iPhones 2
CVE Examples
Possible Countermeasures
References
Z. Lackey, Attacking SMS, presented at Blackhat, 30 July 2009; www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-usa-09/LACKEY/BHUSA09-Lackey-AttackingSMS-SLIDES.pdf [accessed 8/29/2016] ↩
D. Goodin, “Beware of the Text Massage That Crashes iPhones”, Ars Technica, 27 May 2015; http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/05/beware-of-the-text-message-that-crashes-iphones/ [accessed 8/29/2016] ↩