Apple Family February 2024 1st Security Update Advisory

Overview

 

Apple (https://apple.com) has released a security update that fixes vulnerabilities in products it has been made. affected Xeem users are advised to update to the latest version.

 

Affected Products

 

IPhone 8 and later products

IPad Pro all products

IPad Air 3rd generation and newer

IPad 5th generation and newer

IPad mini 5th generation and later

 

Resolved Vulnerabilities

 

The following vulnerabilities were patched in the February 16, 2024 product-specific update.

 

iOS 16.7.2 and iPadOS 16.7.2

Vulnerability that could allow access to a user’s sensitive data (CVE-2023-42823)

Heap corruption vulnerability when handling maliciously crafted images (CVE-2023-42848)

Root privilege escalation vulnerability due to symbolic link handling (CVE-2023-42942)

Arbitrary code execution vulnerability via kernel privilege (CVE-2023-42873)

Sensitive information access vulnerability via Siri usage by an attacker with physical access (CVE-2023-41997, CVE-2023-41982)

Arbitrary code execution vulnerability in web content handling (CVE-2023-42852)

address bar spoofing vulnerabilitywhen visiting a malicious website (CVE-2023-42843)

 

Referenced Sites

 

[1] About the security content of iOS 16.7.2 and iPadOS 16.7.2
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213981