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posted by cmn32480 on Friday July 22 2016, @08:29PM   Printer-friendly
from the whoops! dept.

The Guardian is reporting on an iOS bug ...

A flaw in the way Apple software handles images allows hackers to take over an iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Mac or Apple TV with a simple iMessage or email.

The vulnerability in Apple's picture-handling Image I/O API means that a malicious Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) file can force a so-called buffer overflow, which allows a hacker to break through Apple's security and run their own code on a device.

Lots of apps use this API such as Messages, MMS, Safari, Mail.

Should the image be viewed automatically or manually, the attacker could then gain full control of the device, steal passwords and other information, all potentially without the user knowing.

Apple has released iOS 9.3.3, OS X 10.11.6, tvOS 9.2.2 and watchOS 2.2.2 to fix the bug.

Finally...

There are 1bn iOS devices around the globe, all of which will be affected by this security hole unless updated.


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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 23 2016, @07:41AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 23 2016, @07:41AM (#378955)

    Thanks for this, butthurt.

    Editors - please when we have vulnerability submissions, don't just link the cheesy pop news articles. We want the damn technical bulletin.

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