CVE-2019-9536 (GCVE-0-2019-9536)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2019-11-22 17:41
Modified
2024-08-04 21:54
Severity ?
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • insecure malloc implementation
Summary
Apple iPhone 3GS bootrom malloc implementation returns a non-NULL pointer when unable to allocate memory, aka 'alloc8'. An attacker with physical access to the device can install arbitrary firmware.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apple iPhone Version: 3GS
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