Apple has released iOS 18.6.2 bringing a serious security fix and a warning to update your iPhone now.
Less than a week after Apple released iOS 18.6.1, a new iPhone update is here, and it’s all about security.
iOS 18.6.2 provides important security fixes,” and specifically a vulnerability that impacts the ImageIO system framework which looks after images.
The zero-day out-of-bounds write vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-43300, resides in the ImageIO framework that could result in memory corruption when processing a malicious image.
“Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals,” the company said.
Apple said the bug was internally discovered and that it was addressed with improved bounds checking.
iOS 18.6.2 Security Updates
ImageIO
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Processing a malicious image file may result in memory corruption.
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.
iOS 18.6.2 Supported Devices
- iPhone 16
- iPhone 16 Plus
- iPhone 16 Pro
- iPhone 16 Pro Max
- iPhone 15
- iPhone 15 Plus
- iPhone 15 Pro
- iPhone 15 Pro Max
- iPhone 14
- iPhone 14 Plus
- iPhone 14 Pro
- iPhone 14 Pro Max
- iPhone 13
- iPhone 13 mini
- iPhone 13 Pro
- iPhone 13 Pro Max
- iPhone 12
- iPhone 12 mini
- iPhone 12 Pro
- iPhone 12 Pro Max
- iPhone 11
- iPhone 11 Pro
- iPhone 11 Pro Max
- iPhone Xs
- iPhone XS Max
As normal, to update to iOS 18.6.2 go to your iPhone Settings > General > Software Update and install iOS 18.6.2 as soon as you possibly can.
