Apple Says Zero Day Vulnerability For iPhones And Macs May Have Been Exploited

[pmbug]

Apple has released security fixes for iPhones, Macs and iPads after the discovery of a new vulnerability affecting the devices, which the company said “may have been actively exploited.”

On Monday, Apple released iOS 16.3.1, iPadOS 16.3.1 and macOS Ventura 13.2.1 in response to the discovery of the WebKit vulnerability, which is being tracked at CVE-2023-23529.

In its notes on the vulnerability, Apple said that “processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.”

“Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited,” the company said.
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Apple Says Zero Day Vulnerability For iPhones And Macs May Have Been Exploited | CRN

Apple released patches for iPhone (iOS 16.3.1), iPad (iPadOS 16.3.1) and Mac (macOS Ventura 13.2.1) in response to a zero day vulnerability in WebKit.

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Hope you iPhone/Mac peeps installed your security patches...

 

[Goldhedge]

Just did last night when it came out.

 

[Ensoniq]

Thx for posting auto update didn’t kick in on this for some reason

 

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