Apple has backported fixes for a recently disclosed critical security flaw affecting older devices, citing evidence of active exploitation.
The issue, tracked as CVE-2022-42856, is a type confusion vulnerability in the WebKit browser engine that could result in arbitrary code execution when processing maliciously crafted web content.
While it was originally addressed by the company on November 30, 2022, as part of iOS 16.1.2 update, the patch was expanded to a broader set of Apple devices with iOS 15.7.2, iPadOS 15.7.2, macOS Ventura 13.1, tvOS 16.2, and Safari 16.2.
“Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS released before iOS 15.1,” the iPhone maker said in an advisory published Monday.
To that end, the latest update, iOS 12.5.7, is available for iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPad Air, iPad mini 2, iPad mini 3, and iPod touch (6th generation).
