hacker-news · Crawled Nov 5, 2026

Google Issues Patches for Critical Android Flaw That Could Allow RCE Without User Interaction

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Google has patched a critical Android vulnerability, CVE-2026-58868, affecting Android versions 14 through 17, which could allow remote code execution without user interaction due to a heap buffer overflow in the FrameDecoder.cpp file. Another critical flaw, CVE-2026-58882, in the WAP Push message parsing function decodeWapPdu could enable remote denial-of-service, crashing the phone and disrupting emergency calls. Both vulnerabilities are rated Critical and require no user interaction to exploit, with patches available in the November 2026 security updates. Additional critical flaws in the kernel, System component, and third-party modem code from MediaTek and Qualcomm were also addressed.

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