Apple backports CoreGraphics zero-day patches to older iPhones
Apple says the flaw may have been used in extremely sophisticated attacks, and the fix now reaches older devices that could not run newer software.
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Apple Fixes Possibly Exploited CoreGraphics Flaw on Older iPhones
Among the flurry of iOS 27.2 releases on Monday, Apple also pushed a wave of software updates for its older operating systems, including a fix for a CoreGraphics vulnerability that Apple says may have been exploited in targeted attacks. The releases include iOS 26.7.2, iPadOS 26.7.2, iOS 18.7.11, iPadOS 18.7.11, macOS Tahoe 26.7.2, macOS Sequoia 15.8.2, and tvOS 26.6.1. iOS 18.7.11 and iPadOS 18.7.11 bring the CoreGraphics fix to the iPhone XS,…
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Apple backports CoreGraphics zero-day patches to older iPhones
Apple has backported security patches released last month to older iPhones and iPads, addressing a zero-day bug exploited in "extremely sophisticated" targeted attacks on iOS devices. [...]
A good rule of thumb for an urgent update is when Apple updates older versions as well as the current operating systems. This is almost always a secure sign for a certificate problem or a closed zero-day gap that has already been actively exploited. So yesterday evening iOS 18 was updated with the revision update 18.7.11. New features are not found in it, in the security notes Apple lists only three closed security gaps. However, one of them has…
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