If you’re not about to update to iOS 15 in the near future, Apple has released its iOS 14.8.1 and iPadOS14.8.1 updated, adding a number of bug fixes and performance improvements along with security-related changes to the operating systems. .
The updates function as a maintenance release, rather than a larger feature release.
Per Apple’s security notes a number of the changes involve plugging holes in the operating system that allow either a malicious application to elevate its privileges or for the execution of code that may have kernel privileges.
One fixed issue of note is a fix to IOMobileFrameBuffer that fixes a memory corruption issue with improved memory handling. The problem, CVE-2021-30883, allowed applications to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges, one which Apple adds it is “aware of a report” that it may have been “actively exploited.”
As usual, the update can be applied by navigating to Settings > General > Software Update.
Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.
Via AppleInsider