About the security content of iOS 18.6.2 and iPadOS 18.6.2

This document describes the security content of iOS 18.6.2 and iPadOS 18.6.2.

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iOS 18.6.2 and iPadOS 18.6.2

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Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: Processing a malicious image file may result in memory corruption. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals.

Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.

CVE-2025-43300: Apple