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30% of Android Smartphones Impacted by Mediatek Vulnerabilities

Heimadal Security

Researchers have discovered four Mediatek vulnerabilities that, if successfully exploited would have permitted malicious hackers to perform a series of actions like Android phone calls eavesdropping, commands execution and increased rights elevation.

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Critical bug in decoder used by popular chipsets exposes 2/3 of Android devices to hack

Security Affairs

A critical RCE flaw in Android devices running on Qualcomm and MediaTek chipsets could allow access to users’ media files. A remote attacker can trigger the vulnerability by tricking the target device into opening a malformed audio file to execute arbitrary code. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Android).

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