Android it is the most used operating system for mobile phones on the whole planet, but unfortunately it is not without problems, and those from Google have confirmed some very big ones that affect a lot of users. More precisely, those from Google have confirmed an extremely large problem due to which users' phones can be completely blocked through a DoS attack, Denial of Service, a patch has already been released, but it is distributed with difficulty.
At the beginning of December, Android released a security patch that solves a series of problems encountered by users in their own phones, but one of them stands out because of its seriousness. More precisely, the vulnerability that exists in Android, from version 8 to 10, can be exploited remotely without the user knowing what is happening, and the phone can be completely blocked until it is restarted by the victim.
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Google had reported this problem for Android phones and solved it as soon as it appeared, starting to distribute a security patch for Pixel series phones, but that's about it. For the rest of the Android phones, it is necessary for several other manufacturers to start distributing the patch themselves, so that the rest of the world remains vulnerable to this extremely dangerous attack for all phones.
"In handleRun of TextLine.java, there is a possible application crash due to improper input validation. This could lead to remote denial of service when processing Unicode with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-8.0 Android-8.1 Android-9 Android-10Android ID: A-140632678.”
Android has such a serious problem with this vulnerability that the user does not even have to interact in any way with the phone for the exploit to take place, which makes it all the more dangerous. Unfortunately, we're talking about a problem that most likely puts more than 1 billion Android users at risk, but it's not Google's fault that phone manufacturers don't release security patches in a timely manner for people.
Android will at some point distribute this security patch, and when the update is displayed on your phones, it is recommended to install it as soon as it is available.
