CVE-2008-4230: Apple iPhone OS

Low severity, CVSS 1.9. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Passcode Lock feature in Apple iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.1 and iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.1 displays SMS messages when the emergency-call screen is visible, which allows physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading these messages. NOTE: this might be a duplicate of CVE-2008-4593.

Affected products

• Apple iPhone OS: version 1.0 only; version 1.0.1 only; version 1.0.2 only; version 1.1 only; version 1.1.1 only; version 1.1.2 only; …

Published 2008-11-25. Last modified 2026-06-16.