"Google Sees Drop in Memory Safety Bugs in Android as Code Matures"

Google recently announced that its secure-by-design approach to code development has significantly reduced memory safety vulnerabilities in Android.  Google has been battling memory safety issues in both Android and Chrome for years, including by migrating them to memory-safe programming languages, such as Rust, and the effort has paid off.  Google noted that memory safety bugs in Android have dropped from 76% in 2019 to 24% in 2024, and the decrease is expected to continue as the platform’s existing code base matures, while new code is developed using the memory-safe languages. 

SecurityWeek reports: "Google Sees Drop in Memory Safety Bugs in Android as Code Matures"