About the security content of iOS 12.4.2

This document describes the security content of iOS 12.4.2.

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iOS 12.4.2

Released September 26, 2019

Foundation

Available for: iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPad Air, iPad mini 2, iPad mini 3, and iPad touch 6th generation

Impact: An application may be able to read restricted memory

Description: A validation issue was addressed with improved input sanitization.

CVE-2019-8641: Samuel Groß and natashenka of Google Project Zero

Entry updated February 11, 2020

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Published Date: March 05, 2021