Google reveals 18 chip vulnerabilities threatening mobile, wearables, vehicles

Google’s Project Zero is warning of multiple significant vulnerabilities found across many models of mobile devices including Samsung Galaxy, Google Pixel, Vivo, and several forms of wearable and vehicles using certain types of components.

Between late 2022 and early 2023, Project Zero reported 18 vulnerabilities in a chip powering those devices. Of those 18, a total of four vulnerabilities are tagged as “top-severity” which could allow for silent compromise over the network.

Which devices are affected?

The list of impacted …

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