These security flaws, which have been given a rating of ‘high severity’ could potentially allow attackers to exploit systems, gaining unauthorized access to sensitive information, executing arbitrary code, and bypassing security protocols. Additionally, the vulnerabilities pose risks of denial of service (DoS) attacks, privilege escalation, authentication bypasses, and spoofing threats.
The vulnerabilities have been detected in several Apple products, including iPhones, iPads, Mac devices, and related software on versions prior to iOS 18iPadOS 17.7, macOS 14.7 and others.
Full list of impacted versions
The vulnerabilities have been flagged for the following Apple software versions:
- Apple iOS versions prior to 18 and iPadOS versions prior to 18
- Apple iOS versions prior to 17.7 and iPadOS versions prior to 17.7
- Apple macOS Sonoma versions prior to 14.7
- Apple macOS Ventura versions prior to 13.7
- Apple macOS Sequoia versions prior to 15
- Apple tvOS versions prior to 18
- Apple watchOS versions prior to 11
- Apple Safari versions prior to 18
- Apple Xcode versions prior to 16
- Apple visionOS versions prior to 2
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What you should do
CERT-In has advised users to update their Apple devices immediately to the latest software versions, which address these vulnerabilities. As per a TOI report, Apple has already alerted its users and released patches to mitigate the risks.
