[Utilizer]

More worrisome news for anyone using an Android device.

[ClearCase_guy]

Stagefright 1.0 performed by The Band in the film “The Last Waltz”:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIfKkV77lqM

[A CA Guy]

Great job Apple and Microsoft.

[Dalberg-Acton]

Shockwave/Flash is malware for any device.

[Swordmaker]

This ping is for all you Android device users who may also be Apple device users. . . StageFright is back in a new incarnation and can infect even more Android devices. Estimate is 1 billion are vulnerable. Be careful out there. . .

Ping to the Apple list, ThunderSleeps to ping the Android list, dayglored for the Windows list, and Shadow Ace for the Tech list. . .

Be careful so your Android device doesn't come down sick!

[kingu]

Oh, no, not really worrisome for Android users - good news, really. Potential bugs have been discovered because of the open source ecosystem of Android, those potential bugs will be addressed, and even more pressure put on handset makers and carriers to actually push out regular updates to the software.

Since Google has gone to a monthly update scheme for the Nexus line, they've set a new standard for the Android industry, one which will also pressure handset makers and carriers to follow along in the not so distant future.

Beyond, it shows the problem with carrier locked devices; users are kept from needed updates by this unnecessary restriction.

I expect that Dolphin will likely be one of the first browsers to use alternate libraries for mp3 & mp4 files, and an update to Google Chrome (and the dependent libraries) will be pushed out with the Marshmallow release.

It is to be noted that these are lab discovered vulnerabilities and no exploits of a 5 year old problem have ever been found in the wild, plus any Android device with 4.0 or higher uses randomized memory locations, so turning this exploit into something useful is rather doubtful to begin with.