Multiple improper data validation vulnerabilities in Syslink driver for Texas Instruments OMAP mobile processors

Overview The Syslink driver for OMAP mobile processors contained in Android devices contain mulitple improper data validation vulerabilities. The OMAP mobile processor provided by Texas Instruments is used in some Android tablets, smartphones and other devices. The Syslink driver for some OMAP...

NSA-Approved Samsung Knox Stores PIN in Cleartext

A security researcher has tossed a giant bucket of ice water on Samsung’s thumbs up from the NSA approving use of certain Galaxy devices within in the agency. The NSA’s blessing, given under the agency’s Commercial Solutions for Classified Program, meant that the Samsung Galaxy 4, 5 and Galaxy No...

Security Advisory - Remote Security Bypass Vulnerability on Huawei Android Devices

Android version 4.1.1 - 4.4.2 is prone to a remote security bypass vulnerability CVE-2013-6272: A vulnerability in the Android system allows an attacker to initiate or terminate arbitrary calls without the callphone permission. After investigation， we confirm that some Huawei smartphone and table...

[oss-security] CVE-2014-1739: Kernel Infoleak vulnerability in,media_enum_entities()

Hi, We found an infoleak vulnerability in the ioctl mediaenumentities that allows to disclose 200 bytes the kernel process' stack. The vulnerability is exploitable on versions up to linux-3.15-rc3 by local users with read access to /dev/media0. Linux distributions ship with chmod 600 /dev/media0...

Google Play Store Update Allows Apps to Silently Gain Control of Your Device

Google just made a huge change to the way application permissions work on Android devices which has left a potential door open to malicious app developers and hackers. Google narrows down Android's 145 permissions into 13 broad categories and groups app permissions into 'groups of related...

CVE-2013-6282

The 1 getuser and 2 putuser API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the v6k and v7 ARM platforms do not validate certain addresses, which allows attackers to read or modify the contents of arbitrary kernel memory locations via a crafted application, as exploited in the wild against...

CVE-2013-6282

The 1 getuser and 2 putuser API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the v6k and v7 ARM platforms do not validate certain addresses, which allows attackers to read or modify the contents of arbitrary kernel memory locations via a crafted application, as exploited in the wild against...

CVE-2013-6282

The 1 getuser and 2 putuser API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the v6k and v7 ARM platforms do not validate certain addresses, which allows attackers to read or modify the contents of arbitrary kernel memory locations via a crafted application, as exploited in the wild against...

CVE-2013-6282

The 1 getuser and 2 putuser API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the v6k and v7 ARM platforms do not validate certain addresses, which allows attackers to read or modify the contents of arbitrary kernel memory locations via a crafted application, as exploited in the wild against...

CVE-2013-6282

The 1 getuser and 2 putuser API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the v6k and v7 ARM platforms do not validate certain addresses, which allows attackers to read or modify the contents of arbitrary kernel memory locations via a crafted application, as exploited in the wild against...

CVE-2013-6282

The 1 getuser and 2 putuser API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the v6k and v7 ARM platforms do not validate certain addresses, which allows attackers to read or modify the contents of arbitrary kernel memory locations via a crafted application, as exploited in the wild against...

Angel Browser vulnerable in the WebView class

Overview Angel Browser is a web browser for Android devices. Angel Browser contains a vulnerability in the WebView class. Gaku Mochizuki of Mitsui Bussan Secure Directions, Inc. reported this vulnerability to IPA. JPCERT/CC coordinated with the developer under Information Security Early Warning...

Adobe Releases Security Updates for Adobe Flash Player

Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Flash Player to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities could cause a denial-of-service condition and potentially allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code and take control of an affected system. The following versions of Adobe Flash...

Google Play Android Apps Must Update in Google Store

The Google Play store has been an Eden for hackers wanting to get malicious code onto Android devices. A number of things made the marketplace too tempting for attackers to resist, including the open source nature of the operating system, lax vetting of developers, and the ability to modify code ...

JVN#80922020: ArtIME Japanese Input vulnerable to information disclosure

ArtIME Japanese Input is a Japanese Input Method Editor IME for Android devices. ArtIME Japanese Input contains an issue in the access permissions for the certain files. Impact If a user of the affected product uses other malicious Android application, information managed by the affected product...

[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: android-tools-20130123git98d0789-1.fc17

The Android Debug Bridge ADB is used to: - keep track of all Android devices and emulators instances connected to or running on a given host developer machine - implement various control commands e.g. "adb shell", "adb pull", etc. for the benefit of clients command-line users, or helper programs...

[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: android-tools-20130123git98d0789-1.fc16

The Android Debug Bridge ADB is used to: - keep track of all Android devices and emulators instances connected to or running on a given host developer machine - implement various control commands e.g. "adb shell", "adb pull", etc. for the benefit of clients command-line users, or helper programs...

CVE-2012-6422

The CVE-2012-6422 entry concerns the kernel on certain Android devices (Samsung Galaxy S2, Galaxy Note 2, MEIZU MX, and possibly others) using weak permissions (0666) on /dev/exynos-mem when running an Exynos 4210/4412, enabling an attacker to read or write arbitrary physical memory and achieve p...

CVE-2012-6422

The kernel in Samsung Galaxy S2, Galaxy Note 2, MEIZU MX, and possibly other Android devices, when running an Exynos 4210 or 4412 processor, uses weak permissions 0666 for /dev/exynos-mem, which allows attackers to read or write arbitrary physical memory and gain privileges via a crafted...

Multiple Android devices vulnerable to denial-of-service (DoS)

Overview Multiple Android devices contains a denial-of-service DoS vulnerability. Multiple Android devices contain an issue when referencing specific system area, which may lead to a denial-of-service DoS. Tsukasa Oi of Fourteenforty Research Institue, Inc. reported this vulnerability to IPA...