LiveActive security incident?Get immediate response
CVE Record

CVE-2009-2815: The Telephony component in Apple iPhone OS before 3.1 does not properly handle SMS arrival notifications, w...

The Telephony component in Apple iPhone OS before 3.1 does not properly handle SMS arrival notifications, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and service interruption) via a crafted SMS message.

UnknownCVSS not scoredNot KEV-listedUpdated
Glexia's TakeAutomated analysis

Security readout for executives and security teams

A crafted SMS could interrupt the telephony service on Apple iPhone OS versions before 3.1. The reported impact is denial of service, not data theft or code execution. Business urgency depends on whether any legacy iPhones or test devices still run pre-3.1 software; modern supported iOS fleets are unlikely to be exposed. Exposure is limited to Apple iPhone OS versions before 3.1. Organizations with only current iOS devices should have little practical exposure. Risk remains for archived, lab, unmanaged, or personally owned legacy iPhones that can still receive SMS messages. Prioritize this as a legacy-device hygiene issue. It is not reported as data compromise or code execution, but SMS-triggered service interruption can affect availability where obsolete iPhones remain in use. Mitigation focus: Upgrade affected devices to Apple iPhone OS 3.1 or later.; Inventory any legacy iPhones that can receive SMS messages.; Retire or isolate devices that cannot be updated..

Prepared

Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.

Potential ATT&CK relevance

Conservative CVE-to-ATT&CK context

These mappings and lookup hints may be relevant to the vulnerability behavior, CWE, affected product, or exposure path. Glexia-inferred context is not an official MITRE, ATT&CK, CWE, or CVE Program mapping.

ATT&CK lookup starting points

Use these exact CWE pages and searches to review the Glexia ATT&CK library from this CVE's weakness and description context.

cve · low confidence lookup

CVE-2009-2815 mapping review

Open the CVE-to-ATT&CK bridge for reviewed, inferred, or future official mappings tied to this CVE.

Open ATT&CK lookup
Vulnerability profileCVE Program record
Severity
Unknown
CVSS
Not scored
Known Exploited
No
Published
Official CVE source material

CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5

These fields come from the CVE record and ADP containers, not from Glexia's Take. They preserve time-varying source decisions such as CISA SSVC, KEV status, CVSS metrics, and provider references.

0CVSS vectors
0Timeline events
0ADP providers
1Source links

CVSS and timeline data

No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.

Source materials

Affected products

Products and packages named in the record

VendorProductVersion / packageStatus
n/an/an/aListed
Weakness

CWE details

No CWE listed

CWE links open Glexia weakness intelligence pages with official CWE context, developer remediation guidance, and related CVE mappings.