XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.system
*To own an Apple device is to live in constant _fear_ of zero-day holes!*.
There are so many zero-day bugs in both iOS and macOS that hackers stopped accepting them & today it's reported there are more that Apple never finds.
The vulnerability (tracked as CVE-2021-30869) is long exploited in the wild.
*More zero-days found (never found by Apple!) in older iOS & macOS kernels* <
https://www.techradar.com/sg/news/apple-releases-emergency-ios-and-macos-security-patch-so-update-now>
"The vulnerability impacts iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPad Air,
iPad mini 2, iPad mini 3, and iPod touch (6th generation) running iOS
12.5.5, along with Macs running macOS Catalina."
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Never forget Apple doesn't ever test iOS or macOS (which is one reason Apple has the LOWEST R&D expenses of any similar high tech company on the planet).
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