Put your iPhone up to date around 15.0.2, a security flaw was discovered

A security flaw that allows the execution of arbitrary code on iPhone and iPad has just been corrected by Apple.It is therefore imperative to update your phone or tablet, as quickly as possible.

Apple has just made a new critical update for iPhone and iPad.iOS 15.0.2 Corrects a safety flaw that would allow a hacker to execute malicious code with a high level of privilege.

It is therefore imperative to update your devices as quickly as possible, recalls.

How to update iPhone?

If your phone or tablet has not yet offered you the update automatically, it is not very complicated to go and get it.

Your phone should search and download the update on its own.You just have to install it.This requires a restart of your mobile.

All the iPhone from the 6S have the right to this update, just like the iPad Pro, iPad Air 2 and the following models, iPad since 5th generation, iPad Mini since 4 and iPod Touch since the 7th generation.

Software update 15.0.2 on iPhone 13

What does the fault allow?

In the security bulletin broadcast at the same time as the update, Apple gives some additional information on the content of this flaw.

The CVE-2021-30883, as it is nicknamed, exploits a flaw within a component dedicated to screen management to execute code with privileged access to the core of the system system.To put it more simply, this flaw allows more or less to take total control of an iPhone or iPad.

Apple explains that this flaw could have been "actively exploited" before the deployment of this fix.It is therefore all the more urgent to update your device.

iOS 15.0.2 also allows you to correct some bugs.In particular problems with the LOCALIZE application, which sometimes did not read the AirTags associated with the device and prevented the connection with certain accessories.

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