The iPod Blog: Apple patches image buffer overflow in iPhone, iPod

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November 17, 2007

Apple patches image buffer overflow in iPhone, iPod

Apple on Monday released a patch for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The TIFF vulnerabilities associated with the patch are serious. However, in fixing the security flaws, users will no longer be able to apply Jailbreak, software that allows for third-party applications on the iPhone. Further, Apple says the update ...