Apple released iOS , the latest software update for recent iPhone and iPad devices. The patch addresses a vulnerability found in the company’s HomeKit protocol for connecting different smart home devices. This bug allows bad guys to force an iPhone or iPad to repeatedly crash and freeze by changing the name of the HomeKit-compatible device to include more than 500,000 characters. Because iOS backs up HomeKit device names to iCloud, iOS users can get stuck in an endless loop of problems.
Security researcher discovered the vulnerability and made it public on January 1st. According to Spiniolas, he informed Apple about the bug in August. According to the report, the company planned to resolve the security vulnerability secret before the end of 2022 but then delayed the fix to early 2022. “I believe this bug is being handled inappropriately because it poses a serious risk to users and months have passed without There is no comprehensive fix,” Spiniolas said at the time.
Spiniolas discovered that the vulnerability is present in Apple’s mobile operating system as of iOS 14.7, but said he believes it exists in all versions of iOS 14. In other words, if you’ve stopped install iOS 15, now is the time to update your Apple devices.
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