Don’t rush to update: iphone 18.3.2 fixes an positively exploited problem

iphone 18.3.2 contains a secondary fix for an deliberately exploited vulnerability.
Tuesday’s iOS 18.3.2 release contains a secondary security repair, completely patching an actively exploited risk manifest in older versions of the phone operating system. &# 13, On Tuesday, following the launch of the third developer beta of iOS 18.4, Apple released iOS 18.3.2. While the upgrade itself is relatively small, it includes an important safety repair related to internet browsing. &# 13, Subscribe to AppleInsider on YouTubeSpecifically, iOS 18.3.2 contains a supplementary fix for a WebKit vulnerability that was believed to have been fully patched with iOS 17.2. According to Apple’s website, the risk meant that attackers were able to use intentionally designed website content to break out of the iOS Web Content platform. &# 13, The security issue was reportedly used as part of an extremely powerful strike targeting high-profile people, especially those with equipment running types older than iphone 17.2. &# 13, The iphone 18.3.2 release fully resolves this WebKit risk, as Apple fixed an out-of-bounds write problem through the addition of enhanced safety inspections that prevent unauthorized activities. The security issue was also patched on Mac via macOS Sequoia 15.3.2 and Safari 18.3.1 for macOS Ventura. The Apple Vision Pro received the same fix with the visionOS 2.3.2 update. &# 13, It’s important to always keep your operating system up-to-date. Apple’s latest security fixes ensure that bad actors have a much more difficult time obtaining your private user data, on some occasions even patching actively used exploits, as was the case with the iOS 18.3.2 update. 

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