Latest iOS 12.1.4 Update Patches 2 Zero-Day and FaceTime Bugs

From thehackernews.com

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Apple has finally released iOS 12.1.4 software update to patch the terrible Group FaceTime privacy bugthat could have allowed an Apple user to call you via the FaceTime video chat service and hear or see you before you even pick up the call without your knowledge.

The Facetime bug (CVE-2019-6223) was discovered by 14-year-old Grant Thompson of Catalina Foothills High School while he was trying to set up a Group FaceTime session with his friends.

Thompson reported the bug to the company a week before it made headlines across the internet, forcing Apple to temporarily disable the group calling feature within FaceTime.

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