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Re:PS4-5.05-Kernel-Exploit: A fully implemented kernel explo... by nailer on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @05:40AM (#17177708)
Original iPhone cracks (for third party apps, before Apple allowed them) used a website with a TIF image (TIFs have some executable code).

This one loops history.pushState() to trigger the leak, direct link to the line:

https://github.com/Cryptogenic/PS4-5.05-Kernel-Exploit/blob/...

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Re:PS4-5.05-Kernel-Exploit: A fully implemented kernel explo... by saagarjha on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @05:45AM (#17177732)
JailbreakMe actually continued to work until iOS 4.3.3, though of course the exploit used needed to be continually updated as Apple patched iOS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JailbreakMe
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