Apple Patches WebKit Zero Day, Adds Stolen Device Protection in iOS

Apple has released updates for iOS, Safari, and macOS to address a vulnerability in WebKit that has been actively exploited in the wild, and has also added a new security feature in iOS that can prevent access or changes to some sensitive data and features on iPhones if they’re lost or stolen.

The WebKit bug (CVE-2024-23222) is a type confusion vulnerability that an attacker could use to gain remote code execution under some circumstances. The vulnerability affects iOS, iPadOS, macOS …

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