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CVE-2008-4229

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Published: Nov 25, 2008Modified: Apr 23, 2026

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3.7
Vector
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Exploitability: 1.9 / Impact: 6.4
Source: NVD

Description

Race condition in the Passcode Lock feature in Apple iPhone OS 2.0 through 2.1 and iPhone OS for iPod touch 2.0 through 2.1 allows physically proximate attackers to remove the lock and launch arbitrary applications by restoring the device from a backup.

Affected (13)

Products: Apple: Iphone Os
Apple
1 product
Iphone Os
Configuration A
13 vulnerable · 2 platform
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Apple
Iphone Os
Version 1.0.1
Iphone Os
Version 1.0.2
Iphone Os
Version 1.0
Iphone Os
Version 1.1.1
Iphone Os
Version 1.1.2
Iphone Os
Version 1.1.3
Iphone Os
Version 1.1.4
Iphone Os
Version 1.1.5
Iphone Os
Version 1.1
Iphone Os
Version 2.0.1
Iphone Os
Version 2.0.2
Iphone Os
Version 2.0
Iphone Os
Version 2.1
Running on/withPlatform Versions
Apple
Iphone Os
All versions
Apple
Ipod Touch
All versions

Related CWEs

CWE-362
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently.

References (14)

Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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