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ZiPhone guy finds video bug in iPhone that makes it crash
Posted Nov 6, 2008 at 9:36AM EST by QJ Staff

 Listed in: News Tags: apple, Exploit, Forbes, Hackers, Linux, Steve Jobs
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iPhone Bug Crashes the Phone when Malicious Video is Played - Image 1Piergirgio Zambrini, the guy behind the ZiPhone Unlocking Tool, has found a bug in Apple's video format that crashes the iPhone. Zambrini claims that the bug is also present in the iPod Touch.

According to Forbes:

The bug Zambrini found is in the audio portion of Apple's video format. Knowing the bug exists, someone could write a program that incorporates the bug into a video file and trigger a crash whenever an iPhone attempts to run that file.


The bug, which is located in a shared code library that is used across most Apple operating systems and some Linux ones as well, doesn't appear to cause any permanent damage, but immediately sends the device into a panic that leads to a lengthy reboot.


A potential crack that hackers can exploit? Hopefully not. Zambrini himself couldn't find a way to use the bug for malicious applications yet, but then he also remarks that "We can't say it's not possible, this thing needs to be studied a little bit deeper."

Zambrini is actually trying to get a job in Apple, and the bug hunt is just his latest effort to get Steve Jobs' attention. So far, Apple hasn't gotten back to him yet.

In the meantime, he's doing pretty well for himself. Thanks to Ziphone.org, he can now charge advertisers US$ 4,000 a month for ads. On his best day, he also received more than US$ 10,000 in donations. Guess hacking does have its perks.


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# .... — BIH 2008-11-06 10:48
1) This serves no use in the iPhone since its already jailbroken.Only be usefull in teh 2G Ipod Touch.

2) The exploit is pretty much crap as chronic dev stated.

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# . — p0op 2008-11-06 11:53
My iPhone crashes even without this 'bug'. It crashes when I open Safari, listen to music, view pictures, take a picture, or make any sudden movements. I love my iPhone, but the software is too *****ing buggy.

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# Stop paing attention to him — TRA 2008-11-06 12:25
Zibri is just what people commonly call an "attention whore". He stole a few bugs from die SVN of the DevTeam and left - the he sold them as his own and wrote an unstable, buggy application to "unlock" iphones. Reading through his blog just confirms he is just talking garbage! Go ahead, read his blog and devteams statements about him - you'll find out soon he's just doing it for profit and fears people will find out he's got nothing up his sleeve...

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# what a joke — SuperQuest 2008-11-06 15:13
Zibri needs to get a life ... his programm was cool ... but not anymore. this guy likes to have attention ... a real hacker keeps it low profile !

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# i wanna brick my iphone so i can get a new one — Guest 2008-11-07 12:21
*****

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