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Apple pushes iOS 14.4.1 with important Safari security updates

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<p>While we’re still anxiously waiting iOS 14.5 (https://www.macworld.com/article/3605528/ios-14-5-features-release-date-beta-how-to-install.html) to land, Apple hasn’t stopped working on smaller updates to the iPhone and iPad.</p><p>On Monday, Apple pushed iOS 14.4.1 to all compatible devices, bringing with it important security updates. The release notes are very technical, but it appears to target a specific vulnerability that poses a risk to the Webkit rendering engine used by Safari (and third party browsers). Here are <a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212221" rel="nofollow">the security release notes[/url]:</p><ul>
<li><strong>Available for:</strong> iPhone 6s and later, iPad Air 2 and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)</li>
<li><strong>Impact:</strong> Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution</li>
<li><strong>Description:</strong> A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation.</li>
<li><strong>CVE-2021-1844:</strong> Clément Lecigne of Google’s Threat Analysis Group, Alison Huffman of Microsoft Browser Vulnerability Research</li>
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<p>“Arbitrary code execution” is just about the three worst words in web security, so you should probably grab this update soon.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3610737/apple-pushes-ios-14-4-1-with-important-safari-security-updates.html#jump">To read this article in full, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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