CVE-2013-3051

The TrustZone kernel, when used in conjunction with a certain Motorola build of Android 4.1.2, on Motorola Razr HD, Razr M, and Atrix HD devices with the Qualcomm MSM8960 chipset does not verify the association between a certain physical-address argument and a memory region, which allows local...

Trusted Kernel Exploit Used to Unlock Motorola Android Devices

A researcher looking for a way to jailbreak locked down Motorola Android devices found a loophole in hardware-embedded security system to do just that. Dan Rosenberg of Azimuth Security, a consultancy headquartered in Sydney, Australia, reported that he was able to exploit a vulnerability in the...