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Android's Monthly Security Patch Is Here

May 7, 2018, 5:46 PM by Eric M. Zeman

Google today detailed the May security patch for Android devices. The company says it discovered a number of vulnerabilities impacting the the Android runtime, framework, media framework, and system software. It also found component-level issues with hardware from Nvidia and Qualcomm. Most issues were given a severity rating of "high" and several were listed as "critical." Google says it informed its hardware partners about the issues about 30 days ago. It does not believe any of the vulnerabilities have been exploited by hackers. Google is pushing two updates to its Nexus and Pixel phones, dated May 1 and May 5. It will be up to individual device makers to update their own hardware with the latest patches. Google will provide AOSP with the patches within 48 hours.

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May 7, 2018, 10:05 PM

Have to Give Essential Credit.

Got the monthly patch today on my Essential, I have to give them credit, they're keeping up and solving their problems.

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