New Delhi: The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (Cert-In) has issued a high-risk warning concerning several vulnerabilities found in Apple Products.
According to their latest security advisory dated 12 March 2025, identified as CIVN-2025-0094, the government research team has disclosed that these vulnerabilities are deemed high-risk and present substantial threats to Apple iPhone, iPad Users.
The risk associated with these vulnerabilities in Apple’s iOS and iPadOS may allow certain malicious applications to cause affected devices to become unresponsive or non-functional until restored.
Cert-In has said that the following Software are Affected
– iOS versions prior to 18.3 (for iPhone XS and later)
– iPadOS versions prior to 17.7.3 (for iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, and iPad 6th generation)
– iPadOS versions prior to 18.3 (for 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)
Cert-In has said that Darwin notifications are a low-level messaging system within the CoreOS layer, enabling processes to broadcast and receive system-wide event notifications.
The vulnerability arises due to the fact that any iOS application can transmit sensitive system-level Darwin notifications without
needing special privileges or entitlements. Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow malicious applications to cause affected devices to become unresponsive or non-functional until restored, it added.
Cert-In has advised that users should Apply appropriate fixes as mentioned in the Apple Security Advisory.
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