Apple delivers belated zero-day patch for iOS v12 (CVE-2022-42856)

Apple has released security updates for macOS, iOS, iPadOS and watchOS, patching – among other things – a type confusion flaw in the WebKit component (CVE-2022-42856) that could be exploited for remote code execution on older iPhones and iPads running iOS v12. “Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS released before iOS 15.1,” the company said. CVE-2022-42856 was a zero-day vulnerability flagged by Clément … More →

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