Security News > 2023 > July > Apple Rolls Out Urgent Patches for Zero-Day Flaws Impacting iPhones, iPads and Macs
Apple has rolled out security updates to iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, and Safari to address several security vulnerabilities, including one actively exploited zero-day bug in the wild.
"Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS released before iOS 15.7.1," the tech giant noted in its advisory.
The other two zero-days, CVE-2023-32434 and CVE-2023-32435, were patched by Apple last month.
iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6 - iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later.
iOS 15.7.8 and iPadOS 15.7.8 - iPhone 6s, iPhone 7, iPhone SE, iPad Air 2, iPad mini, and iPod touch macOS Ventura 13.5, macOS Monterey 12.6.8, and macOS Big Sur 11.7.9 tvOS 16.6 - Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD, and.
With the latest round of patches, Apple has resolved a total of 11 zero-days impacting its software since the start of 2023.
News URL
https://thehackernews.com/2023/07/apple-rolls-out-urgent-patches-for-zero.html
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Related Vulnerability
| DATE | CVE | VULNERABILITY TITLE | RISK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-23 | CVE-2023-32435 | Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in Apple products A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. | 8.8 |
| 2023-06-23 | CVE-2023-32434 | Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability in Apple products An integer overflow was addressed with improved input validation. | 7.8 |