Security News > 2020 > December > Google Patches Critical Wi-Fi and Audio Bugs in Android Handsets
2020-12-08 22:52
Google patched ten critical bugs as part of its December Android Security Bulletin.
The worst of the bugs was tied to the Android media framework component and gives attacker remote control of vulnerable handsets.
The other nine critical bugs plugged this month by Google are tied to the underlying Qualcomm chipsets and accompanying firmware, common on most Android phones.
The critical Qualcomm bugs fixed were each rated 9.8 out of 10 in severity, using the standard CVSS score.
Several of these critical flaws were identified as buffer-overflow bugs and buffer over-read vulnerabilities.
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