CVE-2016-3862 flaw – Silently hack millions Androids devices with a photo | Homeland Security Degrees

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The CVE-2016-3862 flaw is a remote code execution vulnerability that affects the way images used by certain Android apps parsed the Exif data.

Are you an Android user? I have a bad news for you, an apparently harmless image on social media or messaging app could compromise your mobile device.

The last security updates issued by Google have fixed the Quadrooter vulnerabilities, that were threatening more than 900 Million devices, and a critical zero-day that could let attackers deliver their hack hidden inside an image.

The flaw, coded as CVE-2016-3862, is a remote code execution vulnerability in the M…

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