Apple iOS, iPadOS, tvOS and watchOS are prone to a memory corruption vulnerability. An attacker can leverage this issue to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. Failed exploit attempts will likely result in denial-of-service conditions. This issue is fixed in: Apple iOS 13.3 Apple iPadOS 13.3 Apple watchOS 6.1.1 Apple tvOS 13.3
Run all software as a nonprivileged user with minimal access rights.
To reduce the impact of latent vulnerabilities, always run nonadministrative software as an unprivileged user with minimal access rights.
Do not accept or execute files from untrusted or unknown sources.
To reduce the likelihood of successful exploits, never handle files that originate from unfamiliar or untrusted sources.
Do not follow links provided by unknown or untrusted sources.
Web users should be cautious about following links to sites that are provided by unfamiliar or suspicious sources. Filtering HTML from emails may help remove a possible vector for transmitting malicious links to users.
Implement multiple redundant layers of security.
Since this issue may be leveraged to execute code, we recommend memory-protection schemes, such as nonexecutable stack/heap configurations and randomly mapped memory segments. This tactic may complicate exploits of memory-corruption vulnerabilities.
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.