Security News > 2021 > May > Google: Four Recently Patched Android Vulnerabilities Exploited in Attacks

Google has updated its May 2021 Android security bulletin to alert users that four vulnerabilities appear to have been exploited in attacks.

Rolling out to users since early May, the latest Android security update patches over 40 flaws, including four with a severity rating of critical.

This week, Google Project Zero researcher Maddie Stone pointed out on Twitter that the security bulletin has been updated with a note on some bugs being exploited in the wild.

A total of four security issues, rated high and medium severity, "May be under limited, targeted exploitation," Google notes in the updated bulletin.

Both of the remaining exploited flaws affect ARM components and were disclosed by ARM in March 2021.

A non-privileged user able to exploit these flaws could gain root permissions, access information, corrupt memory, or modify the memory of other processes.

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