Apple has released iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6 to patch several vulnerabilities some of which could be serious,
Apple has released iOS 16.6 for the iPhone and iPadOS 16.6 for, well, the iPad. The updates will patch several vulnerabilities including one that impacts the Apple Neural Engine. The latter is used to deliver on-device natural language processing and image analysis faster and with more energy efficiency than the CPU or GPU.says that an app might be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges which means an attacker could run any command on a targeted iPhone or iPad.
This patch is heading to iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro and later, iPad Air and later, and iPad mini . A vulnerability on the Find My app could allow sensitive location information to be divulged via an app. This patch will be available to the iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro , iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later.
Several patches for the Kernel are part of the update. This is the core part of an operating system and with one flaw, Apple says it is aware of reports that the vulnerability has been actively exploited on versions of iOS released before iOS 15.7.1. With this vulnerability,"an app may be able to modify sensitive kernel state" allowing the attackers to manipulate how the operating system runs.
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