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Apple iOS 16.1.1 released: no longer accept all AirDrop by default to avoid malicious harassment

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Apple today pushed the iOS and iPadOS 16.1.1 update (internal version number: 20B101) to iPhone users, 16 days after the last release.

According to Apple, the update addresses two security vulnerabilities that could be used by remote users to execute arbitrary code or cause an application to terminate unexpectedly.

" libxml2
Applies to: iPhone 8 and newer, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and newer, iPad 5th generation and newer, iPad mini 5th generation and newer

DESCRIPTION: Integer overflow issue has been resolved with improved input validation.

CVE-2022-40303: Maddie Stone for Google Project Zero

libxml2
Applies to: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and newer, iPad 5th generation and newer, iPad mini 5th generation and newer

Description: This issue has been resolved with an enhancement check.

CVE-2022-40304: Ned Williamson and Nathan Wachholz of Google Project Zero"

Note that due to server configuration caching issues across Apple’s regional nodes, there may be a slight delay in detecting the update in some places, usually within half an hour, not too long.

In the latest iOS 16.2 (20C5043e) beta and iOS 16.1.1, the “AirDrop to everyone” option has been removed.

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