Apple on Monday announced fresh security updates for both iOS and macOS users, addressing over 70 CVEs across its platforms, including several bugs leading to protected file system modifications.
iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1 are now rolling out to mobile users with patches for 28 vulnerabilities that could lead to information leaks, the disclosure of process memory, denial-of-service, sandbox escape, modification of protected system files, heap corruption, and access to restricted files.
According to Apple, the flaws were resolved with improved authentication, checks, logic, input validation, handling of content, memory management, private data redaction, state management, and file and memory handling.
The tech giant points to similar outcomes and resolutions for 59 security defects that were resolved with the macOS Sequoia 15.1 update that started rolling out on Monday. The patches address 15 issues that were also addressed in iOS and several flaws in third-party dependencies.
Affected platform components include App Support, CoreText, Foundation, ImageIO, Installer, Kernel, Pro Res, Safari Downloads, Safari Private Browsing, SceneKit, Shortcuts, Siri, and WebKit.
The macOS 15.1 update comes roughly three weeks after Apple released a Sequoia update to resolve compatibility issues with various security tools.
While the iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1 updates are available for the latest iPhone iPad Pro, iPad Air, iPad, and iPad mini generations, security updates were rolled out for older hardware iterations as well, in the form of iOS 17.7.1 and iPadOS 17.7.1, which address 17 vulnerabilities.
Additionally, Apple released macOS Sonoma 14.7.1 and macOS Ventura 13.7.1 with fixes for over 40 defects each, and announced the rollout of watchOS, tvOS, and visionOS security updates as well.
The tech giant makes no mention of any of these vulnerabilities being exploited in attacks, but users are advised to update their iOS and macOS devices as soon as possible. Additional information can be found on Apple’s security releases page.
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