CVE-2019-9536

medium

Description

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.

References

https://github.com/axi0mX/ipwndfu/blob/master/alloc8.py

https://github.com/axi0mX/alloc8

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-11-22

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H