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Title: Apple just dropped a security update for all its platforms

Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2025 19:45:28 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/mobile/smartphones/a...

With iOS 26 coming within the next month or so, Apple doesn't have many
reasons left to update iOS 18. But this is one of them. The company pushed a
security update for its platforms on Wednesday. iOS 18.6.2 patches a
vulnerability related to image processing.

Apple's security notes say the update plugs a hole related to Image I/O.
(That's a development framework for reading and writing image data.)
"Processing a malicious image file may result in memory corruption," the
company wrote. Apple said the vulnerability may have been exploited in "an
extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals."

The ecosystem-wide update encompasses iOS 18.6.2, iPadOS 18.6.2 and macOS
Sequoia 15.6.1. There are also equivalent updates for iPads and Macs stuck on
older firmware versions.

It can't hurt to update your device as soon as you get the chance. Head to
Settings > General > Software Update, and fire away.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at
https://www.engadget.com/mobile/smartphones/a...
update-for-all-its-platforms-194528494.html?src=rss

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