PlayStation 4
Sony's eighth-generation home game console, also built on a FreeBSD-based layer and x86 architecture. The process of reverse-engineering and exploiting it has provided important reference points for PlayStation 5 security research.
Timeline (last 90 days)
Historically, multiple jailbreaks of the PS4 and PS5 have been achieved by exploiting vulnerabilities in the WebKit engine or the system kernel.
The built-in browser of the PS4/PS5 is based on the WebKit engine; because the browser needs to parse untrusted external content, its attack surface is far larger than that of closed system components.
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Historically, multiple jailbreaks of the PS4 and PS5 have been achieved by exploiting vulnerabilities in the WebKit engine or the system kernel.
50%UnverifiedThe built-in browser of the PS4/PS5 is based on the WebKit engine; because the browser needs to parse untrusted external content, its attack surface is far larger than that of closed system components.
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