Apple earlier today just released the following updates:
- macOS 15.6.1, 13.7.8, 14.7.8
- iOS 18.6.2, and iPadOS 18.6.2 along with iPadOS 17.7.10
Now the reason why you should update all the things ASAP can be found here on Apple’s security page. Below is the one from iOS 18.6.2:
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Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Processing a malicious image file may result in memory corruption. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals.
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.
Now, chances are you’re not one of those individuals that are being targeted. But what tends to happen is that other threat actors will simply try to reverse engineer what Apple fixed in order to launch their own attacks on people who have not updated. Thus you might want to patch all the things ASAP as given the state of cybersecurity at the moment, you can never be too careful.
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You Should Update Your Macs, iPhones, And iPads To Fix A Security Vulnerability
Apple earlier today just released the following updates:
Now the reason why you should update all the things ASAP can be found here on Apple’s security page. Below is the one from iOS 18.6.2:
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Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Processing a malicious image file may result in memory corruption. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals.
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.
Now, chances are you’re not one of those individuals that are being targeted. But what tends to happen is that other threat actors will simply try to reverse engineer what Apple fixed in order to launch their own attacks on people who have not updated. Thus you might want to patch all the things ASAP as given the state of cybersecurity at the moment, you can never be too careful.
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