Apple has issued an emergency security update to fill critical vulnerabilities that are already widespread and exploited by hackers. The vulnerability is of the “zero-day” type, which means that it is a vulnerability that is not known by the developers until the time it is corrected, and this vulnerability affects the operating systems IOS, iPadOS, macos, and the Safari browser.
Registered as CVE-2023-37450, and discovered in the WebKit browser engine developed by Apple, the vulnerability allows attackers to arbitrarily execute malicious code on target devices by convincing users to open webpages containing malicious code in order to execute it on users’ devices and compromise it. .
Updated systems:
- iPad and iPhone operating systems up to version 16.5.1
- Mac Ventura 13.4.1
- Mac Big Sur and Mac Monterey.
We recommend that users update their operating systems immediately after the update is released to correct the discovered vulnerability.