{"id":44612,"date":"2024-08-22T14:30:45","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T18:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=44612"},"modified":"2024-08-23T09:35:06","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T13:35:06","slug":"ios-17-search-string-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/22\/ios-17-search-string-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"iOS 17 Search String Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2024\/08\/21\/iphone-character-bug-respring\/\">Juli Clover<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/it.slashdot.org\/story\/24\/08\/22\/1829253\/bug-in-apple-devices-crashes-ui-with-four-character-input\">Slashdot<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2024\/08\/21\/iphone-character-bug-respring\/\"><p>There is a new character bug that can result in a respring on the iPhone or iPad, reports <a href=\"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/@kpwn\/113000348717635390\">TechCrunch<\/a>. Typing <code>\"\"::<\/code> in the search field after swiping over to the App Library will cause the Springboard to reset, dropping you back at the  iPhone&rsquo;s Lock Screen.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Typing the same characters into the Settings app search interface will cause the Settings app to crash, but putting it in a Spotlight search doesn't seem to impact anything.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p>This one doesn&rsquo;t even require Unicode.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/@ajn142\/113000778318122530\">Buttered Jorts<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/@ajn142\/113000778318122530\">\n<p><code>&ldquo;&rdquo;:X<\/code> where <code>X<\/code> is any additional character will trigger it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/09\/google-docs-and-loop\/\">Google Docs &ldquo;And&rdquo; Loop<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/08\/malformed-imessage-could-brick-iphone\/\">Malformed iMessage Could Cause iPhone Boot Loop<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/10\/black-dot-unicode-bug\/\">&ldquo;Black Dot&rdquo; Unicode Bug<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/23\/big-list-of-naughty-strings\/\">Big List of Naughty Strings<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/15\/another-ios-crash-caused-by-sending-unicode-character\/\">Another iOS Crash Caused By Sending Unicode Character<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/29\/using-siri-to-work-around-imessage-crash\/\">Using Siri to Work Around iMessage Crash<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/29\/coretext-bug-allows-specific-string-to-crash-apps\/\">CoreText Bug Allows Specific String to Crash Apps<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/02\/data-detectors-crash-in-cocoa-text-views\/\">Data Detectors Crash in Cocoa Text Views<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Juli Clover (Slashdot): There is a new character bug that can result in a respring on the iPhone or iPad, reports TechCrunch. Typing \"\":: in the search field after swiping over to the App Library will cause the Springboard to reset, dropping you back at the iPhone&rsquo;s Lock Screen. 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