Another zero-day vulnerability found in Apple devices on iOS and macOS

iPhone, iPad, Mac and even iPod touch need to update.

Andrei Pronin

Author of Lifehacker

Apple developers have released updates that should fix a new zero-day vulnerability. The update is required for both iOS/iPadOS and macOS device users.

To do this, you need to update the software to the latest versions: iOS 15.7, iPadOS 15.7, macOS Monterey 12.6 and macOS Big Sur 11.7. The vulnerability, codenamed CVE-2022-32917, allows malicious applications to execute code at the kernel level.

The vulnerability affects the following Apple devices:

< li aria-level="1" style="">iPhone 6s and later;
• all iPad Pro models;
• iPad Air 2 and up;
• iPad 5th generation and up;
• iPad mini 4 and up;
• iPod touch 7th generation;
• Mac running macOS Big Sur 11.7 and macOS Monterey 12.6 (with obsolete patches).

Vulnerability in Apple software was discovered by a security officer who wished not to disclose his name . The company later confirmed that hackers may have exploited CVE-2022-32917 in multiple attacks.

This is the eighth time in 2022 that Apple has released emergency updates to address zero-day vulnerabilities.

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