Apple releases security update for iPhones that cannot get iOS 16

By admin On Mar 28, 2023

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Apple has released an iOS and iPadOS 15 update for older phones and tablets. A zeroday is repaired in WebKit. The update is for devices that cannot be updated to the latest version.

Apple has an update iOS and iPadOS 15.7.4 released. This is a security update to the operating system, which will be released at the same time as iOS 16.4. iOS 15.7.4 fixes multiple vulnerabilities that could, among other things, allow contacts to be read via accessibility features or allow an app to execute kernel-level code. A total of sixteen vulnerabilities have been fixed.

One of the vulnerabilities is a zero day. It’s about CVE-2023-23529. That’s a type of confusion bug in WebKit. An attacker can use that bug to execute code on an iPhone via a phishing page. Apple says the bug was exploited in practice, but as usual the company does not provide details.

The iOS 15 update is mainly aimed at iPhones and iPads that cannot be updated to iOS 16 and therefore must remain on the old OS. These are the following models:

iPhone 6s
iPhone 7
iPhone SE (first generation)
iPad Air 2
iPad mini (fourth generation)
iPod touch (seventh generation)