Romanian security researcher Bogdan Alecu has identified a Flash SMS (Class 0) flaw in iOS that can be exploited to make the SpringBoard lock screen unresponsive. The expert has described an attack scenario in which the bug can be leveraged by cybercriminals.
The bug has been tested by the expert on various devices running iOS versions prior to 7.1.
The expert has told Softpedia that he believes that the issue is most likely related to how layers created by Flash SMS messages are handled.
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