Thursday 5 November
Global

Your region, kept on this device.

Crafted Android app can trap phones in a crash loop without being opened

Severity
Medium
Sources
1

has disclosed an flaw, referred to as GhostMap, in which installing a specially crafted app can put a device into a crash loop. The app does not need to be launched and requests no permissions, and it contains no code that has to execute. The article does not give affected Android versions, a CVE identifier or a patch.

For IT people · Written by AI from 1 source · Wrong?

What to do

  1. No action needed.

Written by AI from the sources, checked against them

Full story timeline · 1 update

  1. Thu 5 NovemberGhostMap: The Android flaw that crashes your phone before you open the appBitdefender Labs

Who reported · 1 outlet

Bitdefender Labs

Who and what is in it

Products

Report a problem