"Google Warns of Critical Android Remote Code Execution Bug"

Google's Android security update was recently released and addressed  43 bugs overall affecting Android handsets, including Samsung phones.  One critical-severity flaw fixed with this security update was CVE-2021-0316.  This flaw was a remote-code-execution flaw in Google's Android System component, which is the core of the Android operation system.  This particular flaw could allow an adversary using a specially crafted transmission to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process, according to Google.  Another critical severity flaw fixed by this update is (CVE-2021-0313).  This flaw was a denial-of-service issue in the Android Framework component, a set of APIs that allow developers to quickly and easily write apps for Android phones.  Both critical flaws are fixed in Android versions 8.0, 8.1, 9, 10, and 11.  The article continues to discuss the other bugs that the new security update fixed.    

Threatpost reports: "Google Warns of Critical Android Remote Code Execution Bug"