Security News > 2021 > March > Apple fixes iOS zero-day vulnerability exploited in the wild

Apple has released security updates to address an iOS zero-day bug actively exploited in the wild and affecting iPhone, iPad, iPod, and Apple Watch devices.

The zero-days were addressed by Apple earlier today by improving the management of object lifetimes in iOS 14.4.2, iOS 12.5.2, and watchOS 7.3.3.

"This update provides important security updates and is recommended for all users," Apple tells users who update to the latest iOS version.

Apple patched two other sets of exploited in the wild iOS zero-days in January 2021 and November 2020, reported by an anonymous researcher and Project Zero, Google's 0day bug-hunting team.

In November, Apple patched three other iOS zero-days-a remote code execution bug, a kernel memory leak, and a kernel privilege escalation flaw-affecting iPhone, iPad, and iPod devices.

Project Zero recently revealed that a group of hackers used 11 zero-days in attacks targeting Windows, iOS, and Android users within a single year.

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