Android: Google patched 45 security vulnerabilities in February 2021

As expected, Google has published the Android security bulletin for February 2021 on its official website. Mountain engineers discovered a total of 45 vulnerabilities: 5 critical violations and 40 errors classified as “high.”

Google categorizes vulnerabilities based on how dangerous they are, how easily a hacker could exploit them, and the potential risk to users. Google did not detect any medium-risk vulnerabilities this month. Most serious flaw concerns Media Frame componentGoogle underlines. A remote attacker could theoretically run code on your smartphone by exploiting this breach.

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Moreover, Google noticed Various flaws in the frame. These flaws could allow malware to grant itself additional permissions on your smartphone. By accessing the permissions, a malicious app could hijack your data or collect your banking details. As always, the bulletin lists several breaches related to components provided by Qualcomm

Unsurprisingly, Google immediately launched patch distribution to Google Pixels compatible. As always, users of Samsung, OnePlus or Xiaomi smartphones will have to wait more or less to install the firmware. Now everything depends on the sensitivity of smartphone manufacturers. Google points out that Android manufacturers were warned about the existence of the flaws more than a month before the bulletin was published.

To check if the February 2021 patch is available on your smartphone, simply go to the menu Settingslater About the deviceAnd Software updateIf an update is available, simply click it. Start update.