New Stagefright exploit puts millions of Android devices at risk

Israel’s NorthBit published a paper outlining a new vulnerability they found in Android’s mediaserver and multimedia library. The company said its attack works best on Google’s Nexus 5 with some modifications for HTC’s One, LG’s G3 and Samsung’s S5. The attack is effective against devices running Android versions 2.2 through 4.0 and 5.1, NorthBit said. Google has had to repeatedly issue patches and fixes for problems in Stagefright that researchers continue to find.”]

Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3045836/new-stagefright-exploit-puts-millions-of-android-devices-at-risk.html