Release record
Release notes
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iOS 14.8 was a security-focused maintenance release. Apple’s consumer note contains no itemized feature or bug-fix list beyond recommending the security update.[1]
The security bulletin provides the concrete release story: it includes an actively exploited CoreGraphics path from a malicious PDF to code execution and an actively exploited WebKit use-after-free from malicious web content, among other corrections.[2]
Source ledger
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Apple Support · 2026-07-29 · CoreGraphics CVE-2021-30860 and WebKit CVE-2021-30858
Apple Support · 2026-07-29 · iOS 14.8
Apple Support · 2026-07-29 · Released September 13, 2021
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security · fixed
Apple fixed CVE-2021-30858 in WebKit and noted awareness of a report that the issue might have been actively exploited.
Recorded at Public
security · fixed
Apple fixed CVE-2021-30860 in CoreGraphics and noted awareness of a report that the issue might have been actively exploited.
Recorded at Public
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Public release
The public iOS 14.8 release was a security-focused update that corrected CoreGraphics and WebKit vulnerabilities Apple said might have been actively exploited.
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