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iOS 7.0.4 Public

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Recorded context

About this appearance

iOS 7.0.4 repaired FaceTime call failures and strengthened App Store purchase authorization, alongside unspecified maintenance improvements.

Date
Nov 14, 2013
Availability
available
Revision
No

Release notes

What changed

Original editorial synthesis. Linked references appear with the claims they support and in the source ledger.

The user-facing note singles out FaceTime reliability: the update fixed a condition that prevented calls from completing for some people, while leaving the rest of the maintenance package undescribed.[1]

Apple separately documented an App Store authorization flaw in which a signed-in user could complete a prompted transaction without supplying the requested password; additional checks enforced that authorization step.[2]

Source ledger

References

Sources are linked to the claims they support. Publication and access dates are shown when available.

  1. About iOS 7 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2013-09-18T00:00:00.000Z · iOS 7.0.4

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  2. About the security content of iOS 7.0.4

    Apple Support · 2026-07-30 · App Store — CVE-2013-5193

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  3. Apple security updates (2013)

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-30 · iOS 7.0.4 — 14 Nov 2013

  4. About the security content of iOS 7.0.4

    Apple Support · 2026-07-30 · iOS 7.0.4 security content

Release changes

Changed in this release

Features, fixes, removals, and regressions first observed in this release record.

bugFix · fixed

FaceTime call reliability

documentedconfirmed

Apple identified FaceTime call failure as the specific user-facing repair in this otherwise general maintenance update.

  1. [1] About iOS 7 Updates · iOS 7.0.4

security · fixed

App Store purchase authorization

documentedconfirmed

Additional purchase-authorization enforcement prevented a signed-in user from bypassing the password prompt during a transaction.

  1. [1] About the security content of iOS 7.0.4 · App Store — CVE-2013-5193