India, Aug. 21 -- If your iPhone or iPad supports iOS 18 and iPadOS 18, respectively, you should most definitely download the iOS 18.6.2 update, which Apple released recently, as it brings important security fixes. Apple is recommending it for all users because this update fixes a dangerous vulnerability that was exploited in a recent attack.

This vulnerability, specifically CVE-2025-43300, occurs due to an "out-of-bounds write issue" which was fixed by Apple's own security by improving bounds checking.

Apple describes this vulnerability as involving the processing of a malicious image file, which could result in memory corruption, and notes that the issue may have been exploited in an "extremely sophisticated attack against specific ta...