Apple clarified the recent report about iOS 16.3 fixing a privacy bug that impacted iPhone users and led a food delivery app to access a user's location.
Earlier this month, when Apple released iOS 16.3, we told you that one of the security updates fixed by the update was one listed as CVE-2023-23503. The use of Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures tracking numbers is that it helps the public more easily track vulnerabilities.Well that doesn't sound good, does it. But Apple toldtoday that this vulnerability was never a threat to iPhone users. The vulnerability that was patched in iOS 16.
Sandboxed apps are given their own"sandbox" that they can"play in" to prevent them from accessing files used by other apps or from making changes to a device. Since all third-party apps available for the iPhone in the App Store must be sandboxed, the only way to install the unsandboxed apps that could exploit the vulnerability would be to sideload apps on the iPhone which Apple does not allow.So if iPhone users weren't at risk, why did Apple include the fix in iOS 16.
So there you have it folks. Your iPhone handsets were never at risk, and Brazilians ordering food from the iFood app were not allowing attackers to get your location data. Perhaps you'll be able to sleep better tonight.Get the most important news, reviews and deals in mobile tech delivered straight to your inbox
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