iOS bug allows a single message to repeatability crash iPhones, Disable iMessage

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Network users have discovered a serious vulnerability in the messenger iMessage. It has appeared, you can force a hang of the standard application to send SMS messages to any iPhone by sending a message with a special attachment.

In iOS there is a vulnerability through which an attacker can send to the device the victim a specially formed contact card in VCF format and kill the messenger. The “hole” security discovered by French security researcher under the name Vincedes3.

The problem is that the user is iMessage, when it receives a message with a special attachment, most likely will try to open it. As a result, the app will completely crash. The usual workarounds don’t help: trying to close iMessage from the multitasking drawer, and even rebooting the iPhone won’t bring him back to life.


The manual of the bug the developer has published on his blog. According to him, the vulnerability is present on all iOS versions starting from 9.0 to 10.2.1 beta 2.

To send attachments you need to download on your iPhone the file at this link: vincedes3.com/vincedes3.vcf . This contact card to your address book, you must save it in a standard iCloud Drive app. Then press the “Share” button in iCloud Drive, you should select user and confirm the iMessage sending a card to the person you want to cause trouble. The first time the app may not open, so it is worth repeating several times.

What causes the failure of iMessage, the developer is not told. However, this bug allows you to deliver serious inconvenience to the owners of the iPhone and iPad.


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UnauthenticatedPosted:

This was sent to me, it's no big deal really. Just reboot it.

BondsPosted:

I warned a few of my friends but I had to get my best friend with it just to mess with him and prove Android is the best hahaha. we had a good laugh about it afterwards.

SegaPosted:

Nobody has sent me this, let's hope it stays like that! Don't fancy having to find a fix for this like when those unusual characters crashed Messages months ago.

LokePosted:

i'm feeling a little evil rn

-TurtleneckPosted:

Haven't experienced this myself and frankly I don't want too haha!, was their not something like this last year?

9ntyPosted:

Dytto & it disables all of iMessage? Screw that


Thinking the same as well. iMessage all the way.

AkamayPosted:

& it disables all of iMessage? Screw that

TomPosted:

Hasnt this happened like 10 times already. I remember seeing an older thing when sending a message it would reset the whole phone but only on Iphones which is exactly like this. Why cant they fix this already.

SagePosted:

TTGn00bs That's pretty funny, I'd be a dick and send it to friends.


This is not the first time something like this has came up... This almost has become common trend with iphone messaging systems. im not going to say that everyone should buy androids now but i wouldnt trust Apple with shit.

CykaPosted:

That's pretty funny, I'd be a dick and send it to friends.