While some iPhone users are reporting system crashes, others are reporting cases where the specially crafted message disables access to Apple’s iMessage and other apps such as WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Outlook and Gmail running on the latest version of Apple’s operating system (iOS 11.2.5). The bug, first reported by Italian Blog Mobile World, impacts a wide range of Apple apps running on iOS and macOS.
On Monday, it made good on the promise and announced the availability of a patch ( CVE-2018-4124) for iOS 11.2.6, watchOS 4.2.3, tvOS 11.2.6, and macOS 10.13.3 that addresses the flaw.
Apple said it is working on a fix for the latest text bomb bug that crashes a number of iOS and Mac apps that display specific Telugu language characters.