Apple rolled out a series of substantial security updates Monday for its major software platforms, with advisories covering iOS, iPadOS, and two versions of macOS lines, addressing more than 30 vulnerabilities in total.
Among the numerous fixes, iOS 18.5 and iPadOS 18.5 introduce the first security update for Apple’s in-house C1 modem, featured in the newly released iPhone 16e. The patch addresses a baseband vulnerability (CVE-2025-31214) that, according to the company, could have allowed an attacker “in a privileged network position” to intercept network traffic. While the specific details remain undisclosed, the risk highlights concerns about how devices communicate on the hardware level, since baseband processors control things like data transmission, call processing, and other network functions.
Källa: Wide-ranging Apple security update addresses over 30 vulnerabilities