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Apple released updates on Monday that will protect owners of iPhones, iPads, iMacs, MacBooks, iMac Pros, Apple Watches, and (phew!) Apple TVs from having toerags crash their devices.

The bizarre bug was in how Apple products handled a Unicode symbol representing a letter from the south Indian language of Telugu.

When, for instance, vulnerable versions of iOS displayed the character they would get their knickers in a twist, causing the app to crash.

Fortunately updating Apple operating systems is a pretty painless process.

For instance, on an iMac you just need to open App Store, and select Updates to see what updates are waiting to be installed.

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En en cas de notification embarquant le message, c'est l’interface d’accueil du terminal, nommée Springboard, qui est mis en berne. Et en cas de reboot, l'appareil peut se retrouver à redémarrer sans cesse. Alors, seule la réinitialisation peut sauver l'utilisateur.

iMessage, WhatsApp et Facebook Messenger touchés

Le bug fonctionne sur la version iOS 11.2.5 du système d'exploitation, la dernière version de l'outil. Mais il ne marche pas avec iOS 11.3 beta. Le bug a été testé avec macOS et watchOS. Et il fonctionne dans cette configuration. A noter que les applications iMessage, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Outlook for iOS, et Gmail sont sensibles à ce fâcheux bug. A noter que Telegram et Skype ne sont pas touchés par ce bug.

Apple a mentionné qu’il allait corriger ce bug avant la sortie d’iOS 11.3, prévue pour dans quelques mois.

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Apple has confirmed that it is working on a bug fix that will stop apps like Messages from crashing when they attempt to display a Unicode symbol representing a letter from the south Indian language of Telugu.

The Unicode-based bug has been exploited by juvenile pranksters, who posted app-crashing messages on Twitter, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook, or even changed their screenname to one which contained the symbol.

The symbol, which I won’t repeat here for fear of crashing readers’ apps (trust me.. while writing this article I managed to bork my browser once at twice), can cause iPhones, iPads, Apple Watches and even Apple TV devices to endlessly reboot themselves if received in a notification. If you’re curious there’s a good write-up about it on Mozilla engineer Manish Goregaokar’s blog.

One security researcher demonstrated that it was possible to make macOS network applications crash by creating a Wi-Fi hotspot which included the offending symbol.

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