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Apple Products: Malicious Audio Files Can Crash Your Device
CVE-2026-20690
Summary
If you use Apple devices, update to the latest version of your operating system to prevent a malicious audio file from crashing your device. This issue has been fixed in various versions of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and other operating systems. By keeping your software up to date, you can avoid the risk of your device crashing when processing a malicious audio file.
Original title
An out-of-bounds access issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.7.7 and iPadOS 18.7.7, iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4, macOS Sequoia 15.7.5, macOS Sonoma 14.8.5, ...
Original description
An out-of-bounds access issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.7.7 and iPadOS 18.7.7, iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4, macOS Sequoia 15.7.5, macOS Sonoma 14.8.5, macOS Tahoe 26.4, tvOS 26.4, visionOS 26.4, watchOS 26.4. Processing an audio stream in a maliciously crafted media file may terminate the process.
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/126792
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/126793
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/126794
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/126795
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/126796
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/126797
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/126798
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/126799
Published: 25 Mar 2026 · Updated: 25 Mar 2026 · First seen: 25 Mar 2026