Some problems still exist with the iPhone over these weeks. There has been a vulnerability in this case that allows a jailbreak on millions of Apple phones. A security analyst has discovered this error, called Checkkm8. The bug allows access to private areas of iOS at a level Apple could not easily fix with updates.
A vulnerability allows the iPhone to launch millions of jailbreaks
This vulnerability, therefore, affects areas of memory that cannot be modified. In addition, these are areas that are always executed when the device starts, making them unavoidable.
This error also has the peculiarity that virtually all Apple phones are affected. As already mentioned, this bug affects phones from iPhone 4S to X. So it affects millions of users worldwide. For Apple, this is a big problem in this respect, which usually does not have such vulnerabilities very often.
EPIC JAILBREAK: Introducing checkm8 (read "checkmate"), a permanent unpatchable bootrom exploit for hundreds of millions of iOS devices.
Most generations of iPhones and iPads are vulnerable: from iPhone 4S (A5 chip) to iPhone 8 and iPhone X (A11 chip). https://t.co/dQJtXb78sG
— ax🔥🌸mX (@axi0mX) September 27, 2019
The good part, in this case, is that it is a vulnerability that can only be activated via a USB cable and software from the computer. This reduces the likelihood that something will happen to users.
But it’s an important wake-up call for Apple. So we hope this vulnerability on the iPhone really doesn’t go any further. Fortunately, it’s something that isn’t easy to do in all cases, which can avoid many of the following points