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title: Apple Releases Security Updates to Patch Critical iOS and macOS Security Flaws
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# Apple Releases Security Updates to Patch Critical iOS and macOS Security Flaws

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 Nathan Zych

December 12, 2023

Apple has released security patches for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, and Safari web browser to address multiple security flaws. The updates also backport fixes for two recently disclosed zero-days to older devices. This includes updates for 12 security vulnerabilities in iOS and iPadOS, spanning AVEVideoEncoder, ExtensionKit, Find My, ImageIO, Kernel, and Safari.

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