Apple releases iOS 11.3.1 update, focuses on security fixes, third-party screen replacement issue for iPhone 8

It’s not the largest update in the world, but it has some important fixes within it.

On Tuesday, Apple released its iOS 11.3.1 update. The update, a 44.5 megabyte download for the iPhone and a 33.5 megabyte download for the iPad, offers the following fixes and changes:

– iOS 11.3.1 improves the security of your iPhone or iPad and addresses an issue where touch input was unresponsive on some iPhone 8 devices because they were serviced with non-genuine replacement displays.

Crash Reporter

Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation
Impact: An application may be able to gain elevated privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved error handling.

CVE-2018-4206: Ian Beer of Google Project Zero

LinkPresentation

Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted text message may lead to UI spoofing
Description: A spoofing issue existed in the handling of URLs. This issue was addressed with improved input validation.

CVE-2018-4187: Zhiyang Zeng (@Wester) of Tencent Security Platform Department, Roman Mueller (@faker_)

WebKit

Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.

CVE-2018-4200: Ivan Fratric of Google Project Zero

WebKit

Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2018-4204: Richard Zhu (fluorescence) working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative, found by OSS-Fuzz

So, a ton of security fixes this time around, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

If you’ve installed iOS 11.3.1 on your iOS device and have any feedback to offer, please let us know about your experience in the comments.

Via The Mac Observer