Scary Android GhostMap Exploit Traps Devices In Permanent Boot Loop
The folks at Bitdefender have discovered a new type of malicious Android app that can force a phone into a nigh-unfixable boot loop without the app even being launched.
If the app is installation is kicked off and either Android 17 or a third-party security scanner doesn't catch it and prevent the installation from completing, at this point in there is effectively no recourse without resorting to a factory reset or (possibly) a targeted removal via the Android Debug Bridge (ADB.)
Despite the apparent severity of the issue, Google considers it "outside the scope of a security update fix," though it has forwarded the finding to its engineers for possible inclusion in a future Android update.
Fortunately, it shouldn't prove to be an unfixable problem for either Google or end users who wound up infected. GhostMap is a parser differential vulnerability exploit, and Android has been under attack by exploits...
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