FYI: Apple lists Macs it can’t patch against ‘ZombieLoad’ exploits

FYI: Apple lists Macs it can’t patch against ‘ZombieLoad’ exploits

• MacBook (13-inch, Late 2009)
• MacBook (13-inch, Mid 2010)
• MacBook Air (13-inch, Late 2010)
• MacBook Air (11-inch, Late 2010)
• MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2010)
• MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010)
• MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010)
• iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2009)
• iMac (27-inch, Late 2009)
• iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2010)
• iMac (27-inch, Mid 2010)
• Mac mini (Mid 2010)
• Mac Pro (Late 2010)

ZombieLoad itself won’t work on these machines because they use older Intel chips. But they could be vulnerable to similar “speculative execution vulnerabilities,” Apple says, and there’s only so much Cupertino can do about it.

Intel won’t fix older processors

“These models may receive security updates in macOS Mojave, High Sierra or Sierra,” Apple explains in a new support document. But they are “unable to support the fixes and mitigations due to a lack of microcode updates from Intel.”