Security News > 2017 > January > Google Patches 29 Critical Android Vulnerabilities Including Holes in Mediaserver, Qualcomm (Threatpost)

2017-01-04 18:33
Google patched a critical hole in its problematic Android Mediaserver component that could have allowed an attacker to use email, web browsing, and MMS processing of media files to remotely execute code.
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