Apple Releases Urgent iPhone Update: 4 Things to Know
In a notice on its website, Apple said the updates are available now for its iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch first generation and later, iPad Air third generation and later, iPad seventh generation and later, and iPad mini fifth generation and later.
Reports of Flaw Being Exploited
Apple said that the flaw impacts the processing of an image file, which 'may result in memory corruption,' according to the notice.
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