New iOS zero-days actively used against high-profile targets


Two zero-day vulnerabilities affecting iPhone and iPad devices were found by cybersecurity startup ZecOps after the discovery of a series of ongoing remote attacks that have targeted iOS users since at least January 2018.

“The attack’s scope consists of sending a specially crafted email to a victim’s mailbox enabling it to trigger the vulnerability in the context of iOS MobileMail application on iOS 12 or maild on iOS 13,” ZecOps researchers said.

Successfully exploiting the security flaws — an Out-of-bounds Write (OOB Write) and a Remote Heap Overflow — enables the attackers to run remote code on the compromised iPhone and iPad devices allowing them to gain access to, leak, edit, and delete emails.

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Source: Bleeping Computer