It is absolutely abnormal for companies like Apple to release core security bugs this shallow that could have been easily discovered by straightforward unit tests and static analysis tools.
This is why it's a big deal.
This is why it's a big deal.
Why should we even bother talking about bugs like this anymore? Pure distraction.
You mean: had total control over all the original iPhones that they could get physical access to. (back when jailbreaking was extremely simple and common)
One of the sources: http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2013/12/30/the-nsa-repo...
Basically how it worked was they jailbroke your iPhone and installed spyware on it. Is it quite likely that today, 7 years later, they have a remote 0day to do the same? Absolutely. But there's no proof that "the NSA has total control over all iPhones".