High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 3, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-4140

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11.3 is affected. The issue involves the "Telephony" component. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and reboot) via a Class 0 SMS message.

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Affected products

Apple Inc./Iphone OS
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <11.3
Apple Inc./iOSllm-fuzzy
Range: <11.3

Patches

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References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/103578nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.securitytracker.com/id/1040604nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
support.apple.com/HT208693nvdVendor Advisory

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