Security Software Update for Mac, iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch [March 2021]

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On 8 March 2021, Apple launched a software security update for almost all devices in the ecosystem.

iPhone / iPad received iOS 14.4.1 / iPadOS 14.4.1, for Mac version has been released macOS Big South 11.2.3and Apple Watch received watchOS 7.3.2.
All versions have in common the solution of a security problem, which allowed the execution of an arbitrary malicious code, through the web content.

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Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation.

CVE-2021-1844: Clément Lecigne of Google's Threat Analysis Group, Alison Huffman of Microsoft Browser Vulnerability Research

Apparently, this problem was quite serious and could not stand delay. Apple is going to launch in the next period watchOS 7.4, a version that will bring some interesting news for the owners of Apple Watch. This security update, however, could no longer be postponed to be included in a future version.

Regarding macOS Catalina si macOS Mojave, and an update is available on these devices Safari, which will solve this security problem.

The update is also available recommended for all devicesiPhone 6s (or newer models), iPad mini 4 (or newer models), iPod touch (gen. 7), Apple Watch Series 3 (or newer models) and on all Macs with macOS mojave, Catalina or macOS Big Sur.

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