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Apple Releases Security Updates to Patch Critical iOS and macOS Security Flaws

Apple has issued security updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, and Safari, addressing various vulnerabilities and backporting fixes for recently disclosed zero-days to older devices. The updates cover 12 security flaws in iOS and iPadOS, including issues in AVEVideoEncoder, ExtensionKit, Find My, ImageIO, Kernel, Safari Private Browsing, and WebKit. macOS Sonoma 14.2 resolves 39 vulnerabilities, including six impacting the ncurses library. A critical Bluetooth flaw (CVE-2023-45866) that could allow keystroke injection by spoofing a keyboard has been patched. Additionally, Safari 17.2 addresses two WebKit flaws (CVE-2023-42890 and CVE-2023-42883) that could lead to arbitrary code execution and a denial-of-service condition. The updates also introduce Siri bug fixes and privacy enhancements for iMessage conversations. Furthermore, Apple released iOS 16.7.3 and iPadOS 16.7.3 to address eight security issues, including actively exploited WebKit vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-42916 and CVE-2023-42917).

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https://thehackernews.com/2023/12/apple-releases-security-updates-to.html