It is legitimate to be more concerned about the Apple bug than this bug since the Apple bug affects several orders of magnitudes more people.
Conspiracy theorists would postulate that the iPhone is a much more enticing target for the NSA.
Conspiracy theorists would postulate that the iPhone is a much more enticing target for the NSA.
The fact that GnuTLS is extraordinarily unlikely to host an NSA backdoor helps my point, which is why I brought it up.
Orders of magnitude different degrees of harm.
However, I would agree with a hypothetical conspiracy theorist who would disagree with your assumption: Linux may be the platform for many high-value targets and companies, so it's not quantity, but..."quality" of a sort.