A security researcher has found out that due to a vulnerability in WebKit (a rendering engine used by Safari browser), it takes only a few lines of CSS code to crash an iPhone or an iPad. The code itself is not too complex and uses multiple nested elements like <div> tags inside a CSS effect called backdrop-filter, used for color shifting behind the element.

This is a processor intensive task which takes up a lot of the device’s resources and can be used to make it crash. Sabri Haddouche – the man who found the vulnerability – posted a video…

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