Developer Zhouwei Zhang revealed on Twitter that he was able to change the iOS system font without jailbreaking.
To do this, he used the CVE-2022-46689 exploit found in iOS 16.1.2 and older OS versions. It allows applications to distribute code with kernel privileges.
Zhang noted that the changes only happen to parts of different text on iOS, as parts of the system use different fonts.
To try the font changer application yourself, you need to download all the source code from GitHub and compile the program through Xcode yourself, or manually sign the IPA file with a developer certificate.
Developer uses iOS 16 exploit to change system font without jailbreak
We recently wrote about the first jailbreak tool available for iOS 16 that allows users to read and modify internal system files, opening up a whole new world of possibilities when it comes to settings. However, a developer was able to use an exploit found in iOS 16 to change the default system font without [?]
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Source: Iphones RU
