A newly discovered bug can cause the iOS user interface to crash with the simple input of four characters.
A strange bug has been found impacting iPhones. It appears iOS is susceptible to experiencing a crash of the user interface, Springboard, when a user types in “”: followed by a fourth character. The bug was first shared in a post on social media platform X by user @Kmokhtar79, who said, “it seems there is a bug on iOS17.6.1.” The finding was later confirmed in a thread on the infosec.exchange Mastodon instance. We’ve also confirmed that it exists, having successfully crashed an older iPhone XS Max.
