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Google fixes two Android zero-day bugs actively exploited by hackers


The most severe security bug can be exploited without user interaction, per Google.

On Monday, Google released an update for Android that fixes two zero-day flaws that “may be under limited, targeted exploitation,” as the company put it. There isn’t a lot of information, however, on the second vulnerability, CVE-2024-53150, patched on Monday, other than the fact that its discovery was also credited to Google’s Sevens and that the flaw was , the core of an operating system. Google said that it would push source code patches for the two fixed zero-days within 48 hours of the advisory, while also noting that Android partners are “notified of all issues at least a month before publication.”

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