Google Patches 31 Critical Flaws in Android

Google this week released security updates for Android to resolve numerous Critical remote code execution (RCE) and elevation of privilege (EoP) vulnerabilities in the platform. Over 100 vulnerabilities were resolved in Android this month, split into two separate sets of patches. A total of 23 bugs were addressed with 2017-04-01 security patch level, including 6 Critical vulnerabilities, 9 rated High risk and 8 Moderate. There were 6 Critical RCE issues affecting Mediaserver; High risk flaws such as EoPs in CameraBase, Audioserver, and SurfaceFlingerș Information disclosure in Mediaserver; and denial of service (DoS) vulnerabilities in libskia and Mediaserver.