Apple Urgently Patches Actively Exploited Zero-Days

November 20, 2024 at 11:13AM Apple has released security updates for two zero-day vulnerabilities, CVE-2024-44308 and CVE-2024-44309, affecting multiple operating systems and Safari. These vulnerabilities could lead to arbitrary code execution and cross-site scripting attacks. Users are urged to update their devices to mitigate risks of exploitation. **Meeting Takeaways:** 1. **Security Updates Released:** Apple has … Read more

About the security content of iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5 – Apple Support

May 13, 2024 at 01:45PM Several security vulnerabilities were addressed in Apple’s products, such as AppleAVD, AppleMobileFileIntegrity, AVEVideoEncoder, and others. These vulnerabilities could potentially lead to arbitrary code execution, data access, and privacy breaches. Updates are available for various devices, including iPhone XS and later, and select iPad models, to address these issues. Certainly! Here … Read more

About the security content of watchOS 10.5 – Apple Support

May 13, 2024 at 01:45PM Summary: Several security vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-27804, 27816, 27810, 27821, 27834) have been addressed in Apple products, including AppleAVD, AppleMobileFileIntegrity, Maps, RemoteViewServices, Shortcuts, and WebKit. The updates are available for Apple Watch Series 4 and later, addressing issues related to arbitrary code execution, user data access, sensitive location information, and Pointer Authentication … Read more

About the security content of Safari 17.4 – Apple Support

March 7, 2024 at 02:15PM Summary: Multiple security issues (CVE-2024-23273, 23252, 23254, 23263, 23280, 23284) were addressed with improved state management, memory handling, UI handling, and validation in WebKit. These issues impact Safari Private Browsing and could result in unauthorized access to private tabs, denial-of-service, audio data exfiltration, and user fingerprinting. Updates are available for … Read more

About the security content of visionOS 1.1 – Apple Support

March 7, 2024 at 01:51PM Summary: Apple has released updates for multiple CVEs affecting various products such as Accessibility, ImageIO, Kernel, Metal, Persona, RTKit, Safari, UIKit, and WebKit in the Apple Vision Pro. The updates include fixes for issues related to memory handling, input validation, and permissions to address potential security vulnerabilities and impacts on … Read more

About the security content of visionOS 1.0.2 – Apple Support

January 31, 2024 at 01:34PM Summary: Apple released an update on January 31, 2024, addressing CVE-2024-23222, a type confusion issue in WebKit. The update includes improved checks to prevent arbitrary code execution from malicious web content. Apple is investigating reports of potential exploitation and has made the update available for Apple Vision Pro. Based on … Read more

About the security content of macOS Ventura 13.6.4 – Apple Support

January 22, 2024 at 01:42PM Multiple security vulnerabilities have been addressed in macOS Ventura, including issues related to memory handling, privacy, code execution, and arbitrary file access. Updates are available for affected products such as Apple Neural Engine, Core Data, curl, Finder, and WebKit to mitigate these risks. Users are advised to install the recommended … Read more

About the security content of watchOS 10.3 – Apple Support

January 22, 2024 at 01:42PM Summary: Release date 2024-01-22. Multiple CVEs with security issues addressed, including memory handling improvements, cryptography enhancements, privacy and access issues. Affected products include Apple Neural Engine, CoreCrypto, Kernel, Mail Search, NSSpellChecker, Safari, Shortcuts, TCC, Time Zone, and WebKit. Update available for Apple Watch Series 4 and later. From the meeting … Read more

About the security content of Safari 17.2 – Apple Support

December 11, 2023 at 04:21PM Summary: Apple has released updates for macOS Monterey and macOS Ventura to address security vulnerabilities in WebKit. The vulnerabilities could lead to arbitrary code execution when processing web content (CVE-2023-42890) and denial-of-service when processing an image (CVE-2023-42883). The issues were resolved with improved memory handling. Based on the meeting notes, … Read more

About the security content of macOS Sonoma 14.1.2 – Apple Support

November 30, 2023 at 01:42PM Apple fixed two WebKit vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-42916, CVE-2023-42917) affecting macOS Sonoma that could disclose sensitive info or execute arbitrary code; possibly exploited in iOS pre-16.7.1. Release on 2023-11-30, addressed via improved input validation and locking. Meeting Takeaways: 1. A recent Apple security document with ID HT214032 was discussed. 2. Two vulnerabilities … Read more