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. Not Samsung users, though, who were already protected after the company rushed out its own fix a month earlier. But not all users actually got that critical update, and so be warned, your device might now be at serious risk.
The now fixed threat to the wider Android ecosystem comes from CVE-2024-32896, a vulnerability disclosed in April which has now been fixed in multiple parts. This has been exploited by forensic companies as part of a chain attack, combining multiple vulnerabilities.back in June, back when it was thought to be just a Pixel issue. That warning was never corrected.
I had originally been told the patch for CVE-2024-32896 beyond Pixel would be some months away. But Samsung, to its credit, informed me that it would release the patch earlier than expected in August—and did just that.Google Play Store Deletion—Do Not Keep These Apps On Your Phonebeyond the usual monthly versus quarterly versus biannual scope, given the government’s CVE-2024-36971 update deadline. I was told no, that the usual schedule would apply.This was disappointing and confirms the bad news for Galaxy users outside monthly updates. If you’re not due an update you won’t get one—even if there’s a government deadline in place. Beyond some S20s and U.S. users seeming to be on an accelerated update schedule for the month, I didn’t see any variation from scope.
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