The government of India’s cyber defense agency – Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) – has issued a new warning regarding multiple critical vulnerabilities in Android operating systems. For those unfamiliar with CERT-IN, it is the nodal agency under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
Warning details
According to a recently published report, CERT-In has found multiple vulnerabilities in the Android operating system. These security vulnerabilities have the potential to grant hackers elevated privileges, access to sensitive information on users’ devices, execute remote code, or trigger denial of service attacks on hacked systems. CERT-IN has classified these vulnerabilities as “high severity”.
Android OS versions said to be affected
CERT-In reported that the security vulnerabilities can impact Android devices running on Android 11, Android 12, and Android 13.
Source of vulnerabilities
According to the report, these vulnerabilities are linked to “flaws in Framework, System, Google Play system, Qualcomm components and Qualcomm closed-source components.
List of vulnerabilities found in these operating system
CVE-2022-40534
CVE-2023-21646
CVE-2023-21653
CVE-2023-28538
CVE-2023-28549
CVE-2023-28573
CVE-2023-28581
CVE-2023-28584
CVE-2023-33015
CVE-2023-33016
CVE-2023-33019
CVE-2023-33021
CVE-2023-35658
CVE-2023-35664
CVE-2023-35665
CVE-2023-35666
CVE-2023-35667
CVE-2023-35669
CVE-2023-35670
CVE-2023-35671
CVE-2023-35673
CVE-2023-35674
CVE-2023-35675
CVE-2023-35676
CVE-2023-35677
CVE-2023-35679
CVE-2023-35680
CVE-2023-35681
CVE-2023-35682
CVE-2023-35683
CVE-2023-35684
CVE-2023-35687
How to keep safe
To keep their devices safe, Android users are advised to update their devices. Users should promptly apply any security updates/patches made available by their device manufacturer (OEM). These updates often include patches to address the identified vulnerabilities.
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