Google’s latest mistake could cost you dearly. The US is sounding the alarm with the release of Pixel phones
The Google smartphone has become a very interesting option for fans smartphones. Thus, Leaked first details of the future Pixel 9 Pro XL surprised many, since this device has not ceased to attract interest thanks to the good characteristics of the current Pixel 8. However, the recent error company turned vulnerability their mobile phones.
As noted by the prestigious portal Forbes V recent publicationGoogle warned millions of users of its Pixel devices about the dangers of the vulnerability CVE-2024-32896. According to the company, this could be used in some way. limited and directed. In fact, the scale of the problem was so great that, as Forbes points out, the United States government itself ordered its federal employees they have 10 days to update your device. Otherwise, they will have to stop using them from next 4th of July.
What are the problems of vulnerability?
As stated in the original source, the main problem with the vulnerability is that it allows increasing privileges in firmware Pixel devices. Interestingly, the origin of the error goes back to Aprilthe date when Google began a series of maneuvers by which it intended give a solution several problems that have been reported this month. But unfortunately for him, this is the second time he has encountered a similar situation.
Fortunately, there is good news. As Forbes points out, Google’s June update (Android 14 KPR3) is able to solve the problem on Pixel devices. As for other devices, they will not be able to fix the error until they update to Android 15. Anyway, Google’s update coincides with reports of malicious applications in the Play Storeso the company will have to work hard to end this bad streak.
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