Apple Fixes iOS Flaw That Opened iPhones to Jailbreaks

Apple has released an emergency patch fixing a kernel vulnerability – for the second time – after it was accidentally unpatched in iOS 12.4. The flaw CVE-2019-8605, a use-after-free issue existing in the kernel, could enable a malicious application to execute arbitrary code with system privileges...

Apple iOS Patch Blunder Opens Updated iPhones to Jailbreaks

Apple’s most recent operating system update, iOS 12.4, accidentally unpatched a fix that had been issued in a previous update — leaving devices vulnerable to code execution and privilege-escalation attacks. The flaw also allows phones to be jailbroken — and a public jailbreak has just been releas...