Smartphones are the main consumer computers in the world today. Many things can be done with just one device in the palm of your hand. Therefore the security of this device is necessary to prevent the user's personal information from being stolen. Google Project Zero has reported the discovery of 18 zero-day security vulnerabilities in Exynos chips and modems manufactured by Samsung.
Of these 18 vulnerabilities, 4 are categorized as serious with the device being taken over without any action taken by the owner. Since the vulnerability was discovered in the hardware in late 2022 and early 2023, Samsung has been notified by Project Zero to allow security patches to be carried out by manufacturers.
The discovery was only reported after this vulnerability was patched by Samsung. The affected devices are as below.
Samsung- S22, M33, M13, M12, A71, A53, A33, A21, A13, A12 and A04 series.
Vivo- series S16, S15, S6, X70, X60, X30.
Google Pixel 6, Pixel 7.
A wearable device with an Exynos W920 chip.
Device with Exynos Auto T5123 chip.
Some Samsung and Google devices have already received patches through the March security update. On unpatched devices, security risks can be reduced by turning off the VoWiFi and VoLTE features on the device now.
