Security News > 2022 > September > Apple Releases iOS Update for Older iPhones to Fix Actively Exploited Vulnerability
Apple on Wednesday backported security updates to older iPhones, iPads, and iPod touch devices to address a critical security flaw that has been actively exploited in the wild.
An anonymous researcher has been credited for reporting the vulnerability.
The iOS 12.5.6 update is available for iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPad Air, iPad mini 2, iPad mini 3, and iPod touch.
"iOS 12 is not impacted by CVE-2022-32894," Apple noted in its advisory.
The latest set of patches arrived weeks after the iPhone maker remediated the two flaws in iOS 15.6.1, iPadOS 15.6.1, macOS 12.5.1, and Safari 15.6.1 as part of updates shipped on August 18, 2022.
Users of older iOS devices are advised to apply the updates as soon as possible to mitigate potential threats.
News URL
https://thehackernews.com/2022/09/apple-releases-ios-update-for-older.html
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Related Vulnerability
| DATE | CVE | VULNERABILITY TITLE | RISK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-08-24 | CVE-2022-32894 | Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in Apple products An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. | 7.8 |