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Samsung’s Zero-Click Flaw: When Your Phone Gets Hacked While You’re Busy Doing Nothing!
Google Project Zero researchers revealed a zero-click flaw in Samsung devices, allowing remote code execution via Google Messages’ transcription service. This vulnerability, impacting Samsung Galaxy S23 and S24 phones, has been patched. Note to self: always keep your phone updated, or risk becoming the unwitting star of a hacker’s next drama series.
Hot Take:
Samsung devices have been caught with their security pants down again, thanks to a zero-click vulnerability that gives hackers a free pass to your phone without even needing an RSVP. But fear not, the digital bouncers at Google Project Zero have patched this up—so your device can go back to being a fortress of solitude rather than an open house party for cyber crooks.
Key Points:
- Google Project Zero discovered a zero-click vulnerability in Samsung devices, tracked as CVE-2024-49415 with a CVSS score of 8.1.
- The vulnerability, found in the libsaped.so library, allowed remote code execution on Samsung Galaxy S23 and S24 phones.
- It was linked to Google Messages’ transcription service when Rich Communication Services (RCS) were enabled.
- The flaw was patched in the SMR Dec-2024 Release 1, with proper input validation added.
- Google’s Threat Analysis Group previously warned of another Samsung zero-day vulnerability, CVE-2024-44068, in October 2024.
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