Google Silently Adds 'Panic Detection Mode" to Android 7.1 – How It's Useful

How often do you click the 'back' or the ‘Home’ button on your mobile device to exit an application immediately? I believe, several times in a single day because a large number of apps do not have an exit button to directly force-close them instead of going back and back and back until they exit...

CVE-2017-0387

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Mediaserver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process. This issue is rated as High because it could be used to gain local access to elevated capabilities, which are not normally...

Information disclosure

An information disclosure vulnerability in lvm/wrapper/Bundle/EffectBundle.cpp in libeffects in Audioserver could enable a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission levels. This issue is rated as Moderate because it could be used to access sensitive data without...

Denial of service

A denial of service vulnerability in decoder/ihevcddecode.c in libhevc in Mediaserver could enable a remote attacker to use a specially crafted file to cause a device hang or reboot. This issue is rated as High due to the possibility of remote denial of service. Product: Android. Versions: 6.0,...

Denial of service

A denial of service vulnerability in core networking could enable a remote attacker to use specially crafted network packet to cause a device hang or reboot. This issue is rated as High due to the possibility of remote denial of service. Product: Android. Versions: 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1. Android I...

Privilege escalation

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Contacts could enable a local malicious application to silently create contact information. This issue is rated as Moderate because it is a local bypass of user interaction requirements access to functionality that would normally require either user...

CVE-2017-0383

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Framework APIs could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process. This issue is rated as High because it could be used to gain local access to elevated capabilities, which are not normally...

CVE-2017-0383

Technical details about CVE-2017-0383 are not publicly available in the provided connected documents. No vendor, version, impact, or remediation details are present here. Monitor for updates from official sources.