Jailbreak news of the week: Apple's ACE3 USB-C Controller pwned, CVE-2024-54498 PoC, RootHide updates, & more...

Jailbreaking iPhones is at the core of what we love to do here at iDownloadBlog, so it’s only natural that we spend a lot of our time following jailbreak-related projects throughout the week. We report on those as they happen, but we also come at you with a weekly roundup every Sunday morning, ensuring you never miss any of it.

If hacking or jailbreaking iPhones and iPads is a hobby of yours, then you’re in the right place. This roundup will encompass all the latest developments and releases in these spaces spanning the week on Monday, January 6^th to Sunday, January 12^th.

Important stuff from this week

Best Music jailbreak tweaks

The iDownloadBlog team has researched some of the best jailbreak tweaks for enhancing the music-centric user experience on jailbroken iPhones that work with iOS 15 and 16.

You can learn more about those jailbreak tweaks in our full roundup post.

PoC for CVE-2024-54498 macOS Sandbox escape published

A security researcher has published a Proof of Concept for CVE-2024-54498, a 1day security vulnerability that Apple has patched in macOS Sequoia 15.2, Sonoma 14.7.2, and Ventura 13.7.2.

The security vulnerability encompasses a Sandbox escape, which could grant an application more capabilities to access off-limits data on a compromised machine and risk the user’s personal security.

You can learn more about this vulnerability and the PoC in our full news post.

Security researcher reverse engineers Apple’s ACE3 USB-C controller

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The ACE3 USB-C controller powers all the functions that make the USB-C connectivity on M3 and newer Macs and even the iPhone 15 and later possible.

Security researcher Thomas Roth managed to not only dump the ROM of the ACE3, but also achieve persistence in hacks applied to the affected device by bypassing SoC security mitigations in doing so.

You can learn more about this in our full news post.

RootHide Bootstrap updates

The RootHide Procursus-based Bootstrap that lets iOS & iPadOS 15.0-17.0 users inject jailbreak tweaks into their apps without a full-fledged jailbreak has been updated this past week with several improvements.

You can learn more about the latest updates to the RootHide Bootstrap below:

RootHide Bootstrap v1.3.1 & v.1.3.2 released

CatScript

CatScript is a really cool new jailbreak tweak that allows iPhone and iPad owners to create Python-based automation scripts on their iPhone and then run them remotely from their computer’s web browser.

You can learn all about CatScript and how it works in our full review post.

EmojiSkinTones

With the new EmojiSkinTones jailbreak tweak, you can easily and effortlessly change the default skin tone used by your device’s Emoji keyboard so that you don’t have to set your preferred skin tone on a per-Emoji basis.

You can learn all about EmojiSkinTones and why it’s an upgrade in our full review post.

Everything else from this week

AIM Pro v1.0.8 released: Fix some devices not working, update time and rainbow color options ($1.49 via Havoc repository – review post)

Amber v1.2.2 released: Remove debug logging (free via PoomSmart’s repository – review post)

Ango Full Theme, Icons, Settings, UI, Status Bar icons v5.7 released: Add 40 new icons, fix the size of 120 icons, fix some bugs ($1.99 via Havoc repository – review post)

AppleColorEmoji Pixellated (EFM): The same as normal color Apple Emojis, just pixelated for an interesting effect (free via PoomSmart’s repository)

ByeLowPowerAlert v1.0.1 released: Update to support iOS 16, update to support rootless jailbreaks, improve code of tweak (free via YouRepo repository)

CanvasSync v1.0.2 released: Add an option to always on display (free via pkgfiles’ personal repository – review post)

CopyVault v1.8.1 released: Increase window level of the panel to prevent it from being obscured by other views in some cases ($6.99 via Havoc repository – review post)

EmojiAttributes v1.8.1 released: Complied with the latest Theos version (free via PoomSmart’s repository)

EmojiFontManager v1.3.7 released: Sort fonts alphabetically (free via PoomSmart’s repository)

EmoZoom v1.0.1 released: Restore the original size of Emojis in the Emoji variant pop-up for Emojis that support skin tones (free via Chariz repository – review post)

FilaDirProbe v1.6.2 released: Fix crashes in rare situations ($2.49 via YouRepo repository – review post)

Gladient v1.6 released: Add 31 new icons, fix some icons not applying, fix some icon sizes ($1.99 via Havoc repository – review post)

HEPTA Theme, Icons, Settings, Badges v2.5 released: Add 43 new icons ($1.99 via Havoc repository – review post)

Lynx 2 v2.5.4 released: Add option to allow always on display while in Low Power Mode when a Focus mode is enabled and while connected to CarPlay, add option to hide black background from the Timer Live Activity on the Lock Screen in iOS 16 and later, add options to set CarPlay icon label font size and family, add option to use average icon color as the badge background color in CarPlay on iOS 16 and later, add fully localized search function to main settings page and each section that users can access by pulling down, add option to set scroll Now Playing track title in CarPlay when the title size doesn’t fit the screen, fix disabling wallpaper switcher gesture on Lock Screen in iOS 16, fix Lock App shortcut appearing on widget icon menus, fix font picking pages in Settings not matching the color of the parent page, fix Hide VPN not working on iOS 16, and more… ($1.99 via Havoc repository – review post)

Moxy Theme, Icons, Settings v3.6 released: Add 44 new icons ($1.99 via Havoc repository – review post)

QuadHighCurrent v1.1.2 released: Remove debug logging (free via PoomSmart’s repository)

ReplyActions v2.5.0 released: Light mode schedule picker fixed, add support for floating dock, add option to auto expand keyboard when preview is shown, add option to disable Quick Compose gesture, add option to disable preview on all apps in Quick Compose mode, add option to display either default person icon or app icon depicting where the message originated from, add option to expand message text on tap, add option to mark messages read on send, Status Bar gestures now work globally ($4.99 via Havoc repository – review post)

SafariX v1.9.3 released: Add JS automated injection into selected domains with a known fix for some websites ($1.50 via YouRepo repository – review post)

Souvenir v1.32 released: Add option to toggle between light and dark mode from a double or triple tap on the Lock Screen, small changes to the preferences added ($1.49 via Havoc repository – review post)

SquidGesture Pro v2.6.9 released: Increase the panel window level to prevent it from being obscured by other views in some cases, decrease the window level of the browser page to facilitate system screenshots or Snapper 3 screenshots ($6.99 via Havoc repository – review post)

Stella v1.1.3 released: Fix inverted logic of snow being behind or in front of Home Screen app icons ($0.99 via Havoc repository – review post)

YouPiP v1.11.0 released: Add a new setting to make it possible for Picture in Picture to activate from either the video overlay button, the video tab bar button, or dismissing the app at the same time (free via PoomSmart’s repository)

YouQuality v1.3.3 released: Fix 720p and lower quality text entering a new line when the button is placed at the top (free via PoomSmart’s repository)

YTUHD v1.5.7 released: Translate the rest of untranslated languages using AI, remove redundant hook (free via PoomSmart’s repository)

That brings us to the end of this week’s roundup piece, but don’t fret because we’ve still got so much to share with you below. Also, don’t forget to keep it tuned to iDownloadBlog throughout the week as to cover the latest as it happens with you.

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What has been your favorite jailbreak tweak release and/or news tidbit from this past week? Let us know in the comments section down below.