Gadget maker Apple on Wednesday rolled out main security updates for its flagship macOS and iOS platforms, warning that a number of security defects expose customers to distant hacker assaults.
The corporate launched a number of bulletins to doc no less than 21 iOS security vulnerabilities and 44 macOS flaws that might result in code execution, privilege escalation and publicity of delicate knowledge.
None of those vulnerabilities are marked as exploited within the wild.
Individually, Apple shipped a patch for an older model of the cellular OS to cowl an already-exploited vulnerability reported by Russian anti-malware vendor Kaspersky.
The brand new iOS 17.1 covers security issues in a variety of elements, together with Contacts, CoreAnimation, kernel, ImageIO and IOTextEncryptionFamily. The iOS patch additionally fixes main security points in WebKit, the net browser rendering engine utilized in Apple’s merchandise.
The macOS replace supplies cowl for code execution flaws in AppSupport, kernel, Mannequin I/O, Vim and Webkit.
The Cupertino firm additionally launched security fixes for flaws in WatchOS, tvOS and Safari.
