Apple patches zero-day vulnerability in iOS, iPadOS and macOS
Apple has released security updates to address zero-day vulnerability exploited in the wild, impacting iPhones, iPads, and Macs. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-30807, is a memory corruption issue in the IOMobileFramebuffer kernel extension reported by an anonymous researcher, Bleeping Computer reports.
Apple says it is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited. Apple has fixed the bug, allowing applications to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges by improving memory handling in iOS 14.7.1, iPadOS 14.7.1, and macOS Big Sur 11.5.1.