Apple fixes at least a dozen security issues in iOS 17.2

Yesterday was the day Apple decided to finally release the final version of iOS 17.2, a version that had been in beta format for several weeks. The new version includes good news like the Diary app o new functions of the iPhone 15 Pro action button. However, security improvements are often overlooked. In this case, Apple published the list of vulnerabilities fixed and there were at least a dozen of them. We’ll tell you after the jump.

iOS 17.2: an update that improves the security of our devices

The information comes from Apple’s official website, which is updated with news regarding the security improvements incorporated in the new versions of iOS and iPadOS. A total of ten vulnerabilities appear in the new release notes for iOS 17.2 and iPadOS 17.2 and are summarized as follows:

• Accounts: This exploit allowed access to sensitive user content
• AVEVideoEncoder: an application could reveal kernel memory
• Expansion kit: Thanks to this SDK and the error in question, users’ private information could be accessed
• Seek: through the application it was possible to obtain confidential information about the location of users
• ImageIO: The bug integrated into this framework allowed the execution of arbitrary code
• Core: This bug allowed an application to leave its sandbox
• Safari Private Browsing: There was a security flaw that allowed access to private browsing tabs without user permission
• Siri: An attacker with physical access could use Siri to access sensitive user data
• Webkit: Two errors were attributed in this context. One linked to the execution of arbitrary code and another which was executed during the processing of an image which caused a denial of service

All of these security vulnerabilities have been fixed and have apparently not been maliciously exploited so far. The fact that Apple hasn’t released a quick security update means it’s in no rush to patch these vulnerabilities by forcing users to install the latest version. However, Updating to iOS 17.2 and iPadOS 17.2 is recommended beyond security improvements.