Government issues warning for these Android smartphone and tablet users

Thursday - 19/06/2025 23:19

The Indian CERT-In warns Android users of 'High' severity security flaws in multiple versions of the operating system, including vulnerabilities that could lead to obtaining sensitive information, gaining elevated privileges, executing arbitrary code, and causing denial of service conditions.

The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), operating under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology of the Indian government, has issued a **critical warning** for Android users, assigning a ‘High’ severity rating.

The report identifies several security flaws within various versions of the Android operating system. The government body is alerting users to these existing and potentially dangerous vulnerabilities.

Government Statement on Android Vulnerabilities

According to the report, multiple vulnerabilities have been detected in Android. Exploitation of these flaws could allow malicious actors to obtain sensitive information, gain elevated system privileges, execute arbitrary code, or trigger denial-of-service conditions on the targeted device.

The vulnerabilities stem from weaknesses found in Framework, System, AMLogic, Arm components, MediaTek components, Qualcomm components, and Qualcomm closed-source components.

Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could provide attackers with access to sensitive data, elevated privileges, the ability to execute unauthorized code, and the potential to render the targeted system unusable through a denial-of-service attack.

Affected Android Versions

The vulnerabilities impact a range of Android versions, including Android 11, Android 12, Android 12L, Android 13, and Android 14. Both Android-powered smartphones and tablets are susceptible to these flaws.