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iOS 8.4.1

Full article
Public release
Recorded milestones
1
Beta cycle
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Average interval
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Public release
Aug 13, 2015

Release notes

Overview

Editorial synthesis with inline references and a source ledger when citations are available.

iOS 8.4.1 concentrated its visible changes on Apple Music, repairing iCloud Music Library activation, offline-only visibility, playlist creation, album artwork, Connect posting, and the Love control in Beats 1.[1]

Its security bulletin documents additional protections for filesystem paths, Wi-Fi history, certificate prompts, CloudKit account state, managed preferences, code signing, media and image parsing, the kernel, Safari, and WebKit.[2][3]

Source ledger

References

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

  1. About iOS 8 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2023-11-08T00:00:00.000Z · iOS 8.4.1

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  2. Apple security updates (2015)

    Apple Support · Apple · 2023-11-06T00:00:00.000Z · iOS 8.4.1 — 13 Aug 2015

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  3. About the security content of iOS 8.4.1

    Apple Support · Apple · 2023-11-03T00:00:00.000Z · iOS 8.4.1 security content

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Documented & observed

Changes in this version

Source-linked features, fixes, known issues, removals, and community-observed behavior recorded across this version’s appearances and verified builds.

Release changes

Changed in this release

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

security · fixed

Filesystem path validation hardening

documentedconfirmed

Apple addressed CVE-2015-5746, CVE-2015-5766, and CVE-2015-5752 by adding path checks, asset validation, and symlink sanitization around protected filesystem locations.

Recorded at Public

  1. [1] About the security content of iOS 8.4.1 · AppleFileConduit, Air Traffic, and Backup — CVE-2015-5746, CVE-2015-5766, and CVE-2015-5752

bugFix · fixed

iCloud Music Library and offline visibility fixes

documentedconfirmed

Apple repaired failures to turn on iCloud Music Library and a visibility issue caused by showing only music available offline.

Recorded at Public

  1. [1] About iOS 8 Updates · iOS 8.4.1 — library fixes

security · fixed

Code-signing validation hardening

documentedconfirmed

Apple strengthened validation for signed, multi-architecture, and Mach-O executables in fixes covering CVE-2015-3806, CVE-2015-3803, CVE-2015-3802, and CVE-2015-3805.

Recorded at Public

  1. [1] About the security content of iOS 8.4.1 · Code Signing — CVE-2015-3806, CVE-2015-3803, CVE-2015-3802, and CVE-2015-3805

security · fixed

Wi-Fi history broadcast minimization

documentedconfirmed

Apple addressed CVE-2015-3778 by limiting the MAC addresses broadcast during Wi-Fi connection setup to those associated with the current network name.

Recorded at Public

  1. [1] About the security content of iOS 8.4.1 · bootp — CVE-2015-3778

bugFix · fixed

Playlist, artwork, Connect, and Beats 1 fixes

documentedconfirmed

Users gained a way to create a playlist when none existed, and Apple repaired cross-device artwork mismatches, several Connect posting problems, and Love taps in Beats 1.

Recorded at Public

  1. [1] About iOS 8 Updates · iOS 8.4.1 — playlist, artwork, Connect, and Beats 1

Milestones

Release history

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  1. Public release

    Public

    Source-linked recordEditorially verified

    The public iOS 8.4.1 release repaired Apple Music library, playlist, artwork, Connect, and Beats 1 behavior while adding broad filesystem, network, account, code, media, and web security protections.

    Availability
    available
    Sources
    7 linked
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Historical context

Cycle comparison

Pace, intervals, and duration compared with earlier releases on the same platform.

Historical avg for .4.1 releases

40 days, 6.0 milestones

Based on 1 previous iOS .4.1 releases

Previous .4.1 releases (iOS)

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VersionYearCycleMilestonesAvg. Interval
iOS 11.4.1201840d68d

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Official release notes