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ded The Android Security Bulletin contains details of security vulnerabilities affecting Android devices. Alongside the bulletin, we have released a security update to Nexus devices through an over-the-air OTA update. The Nexus firmware images have also been released to the Google Developer site...

Android 6.0.0 MDA89E / 6.0.1 MMB29V OEM Panic

Vulnerable versions: ================ Android 6.0.0 MDA89E through 6.0.1 MMB29V bootloaders bhz10i/k Non-vulnerable versions: ==================== Android 6.0.1 MHC19J bootloader bhz10m and above. Details: ====== The attacker reboots the phone into the 'fastboot' mode. A physical attacker can do...

Patch Fixes Nexus 5X Lock-Screen Bypass Vulnerability

Google’s Android security team has patched a vulnerability that left Nexus 5X devices open to attack even if the phone’s screen was locked. The vulnerability in Google’s line of phones would have allowed an adversary to exfiltrate data from the targeted phone via a forced memory dump of the devic...

Android on Nexus Qualcomm Component Privilege Acquisition Vulnerability (CNVD-2016-06242)

Android on Nexus 6 and 7 is an open source Linux-based operating system for the Nexus 6 and 7 smartphones developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance OHA in the U.S. Qualcomm is one of the U.S.-based companies used in the Qualcomm devices. Qualcomm components. A privilege-acquisition...

Android on Nexus devices elevation of privilege vulnerability (CNVD-2016-06289)

Android on Nexus is Google's line of high-end phones powered by stock Android. Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5, 7devices An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists that allows an attacker to gain privileges via a carefully crafted mask value provided by the application...

Android on Nexus Information Disclosure Vulnerability (CNVD-2016-06223)

Android on Nexus 5 and 7 is an open source operating system for the Nexus 5 and 7 smartphones based on Linux, developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance OHA.The Linux kernel is the kernel used by Linux, the operating system released by the Linux Foundation in the United States. Linux kerne...

Android on Nexus Qualcomm Component Privilege Acquisition Vulnerability (CNVD-2016-06226)

Android on Nexus 5 is an open source Linux-based operating system for the Nexus 5 smartphone developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance OHA.Qualcomm is one of the Qualcomm components used in the Qualcomm devices. Qualcomm is a Qualcomm component used in one of the Qualcomm devices. A...

Android on Nexus Qualcomm Component Information Disclosure Vulnerability (CNVD-2016-06235)

Android on Nexus 5 and 7 is an open source Linux-based operating system for the Nexus 5 and 7 smartphones developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance OHA in the U.S. Qualcomm is one of the U.S.-based companies that use Qualcomm components for their devices. Qualcomm is a Qualcomm...

Android on Nexus devices elevation of privilege vulnerability (CNVD-2016-06293)

Android on Nexus is Google's line of high-end phones powered by stock Android. Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 devices suffers from an elevation of privilege vulnerability that allows attackers to gain privileges through a crafted application...

Android on Nexus devices elevation of privilege vulnerability (CNVD-2016-06290)

Android on Nexus is Google's line of high-end phones powered by stock Android. Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7devices suffers from an elevation of privilege vulnerability that allows attackers to gain privileges through a crafted application...

Android on Nexus Qualcomm Component Privilege Acquisition Vulnerability (CNVD-2016-06247)

Android on Nexus 5 and 7 is an open source Linux-based operating system for the Nexus 5 and 7 smartphones developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance OHA in the U.S. Qualcomm is one of the U.S.-based companies used in the Qualcomm devices. Qualcomm is a Qualcomm device-specific component us...

Android on Nexus Qualcomm Component Integer Overflow Vulnerability

Android on Nexus 6 is an open source Linux-based operating system for the Nexus 6 smartphone developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance OHA.Qualcomm is one of the Qualcomm components used in the Qualcomm devices. Qualcomm is a Qualcomm component used in one of the Qualcomm devices. An...

Android on Nexus Qualcomm Component Privilege Acquisition Vulnerability (CNVD-2016-06224)

Android on Nexus 5 is an open source Linux-based operating system for the Nexus 5 smartphone developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance OHA.Qualcomm is one of the Qualcomm components used in the Qualcomm devices. Qualcomm is a Qualcomm component used in one of the Qualcomm devices. A...

Android on Nexus devices buffer overflow vulnerability

Android on Nexus is Google's line of high-end phones powered by stock Android. Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5, 5X, 6P,7 devices suffers from a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application...

Android on Nexus devices elevation of privilege vulnerability (CNVD-2016-06285)

Android on Nexus is Google's line of high-end phones powered by stock Android. Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 devices suffers from an elevation of privilege vulnerability that allows attackers to gain privileges through a crafted application...

Android on Nexus Information Disclosure Vulnerability (CNVD-2016-06239)

Android on Nexus 5 and 7 is an open source operating system for the Nexus 5 and 7 smartphones based on Linux, developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance OHA.The Linux kernel is the kernel used by Linux, the operating system released by the Linux Foundation in the United States. Linux kerne...

Android on Nexus devices information disclosure vulnerability (CNVD-2016-06284)

Android on Nexus is Google's line of high-end phones powered by stock Android. Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 devices suffers from an information disclosure vulnerability that allows an attacker to gain privileges or access sensitive information through a crafted application...

Android on Nexus Privilege Acquisition Vulnerability

Android on Nexus 5 and 7 is an open source Linux-based operating system for the Nexus 5 and 7 smartphones developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance OHA.Linux kernel on ARM platforms is the kernel used in the operating system Linux, which runs on the ARM chipset, released by the Linux...

Android on Nexus Qualcomm Component Formatting String Vulnerability

Android on Nexus 5 is an open source Linux-based operating system for the Nexus 5 smartphone developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance OHA.Qualcomm is one of the Qualcomm components used in the Qualcomm devices. Qualcomm is a Qualcomm component used in one of the Qualcomm devices. A...

Android on Nexus Qualcomm Component Privilege Acquisition Vulnerability (CNVD-2016-06233)

Android on Nexus 5 and 7 is an open source Linux-based operating system for the Nexus 5 and 7 smartphones developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance OHA in the U.S. Qualcomm is one of the U.S.-based companies used in the Qualcomm devices. Qualcomm is a Qualcomm device-specific component us...