Apple's new iPhone and iPad updates fix critical security flaw, users must update immediately

Apple recently started rolling out new software updates for iPhones and iPads. The software versions, iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16, introduced some new features, but Apple has now clarified the updates also address a critical security flaw. A spreadsheet by a Google researcher points out that CVE-2022-42827 is the seventh zero-day vulnerability Apple patched this year. Apple's Support page also shows that the company fixed 19 other moderately critical issues with the latest updates. The iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16 updates are available for iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later.