Over 15,000 iOS apps have 'programming error' that could expose iPhones to attacks

Attackers who are on the same WiFi network as the iPhone could overwrite data, or even gain code execution on the affected apps.

A programming error that could expose thousands of iPhones to attacks has been found in over 15,000 iOS apps, some that have been downloaded over 100 million times.

Dubbed ZipperDown, the flaw was discovered by China-based iPhone jailbreaking experts Pangu Team which noticed the programming error while auditing various iOS apps.