Five-Year-Old Qualcomm Vulnerability Affects Devices Running Android 4.0.3 And Later

[Lucian Armasu]

A Qualcomm networking stack vulnerability affects all Android devices running Android 4.0.3 or later.

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[gggplaya]

So basically, time to buy a new phone because there's a fat chance your phone will be patched.

 

[targetdrone]

100s of millions of phones that will never ever get fixed because OEMs and Carriers stop support after 12 months(if that)

Now apply this stupid software support life cycle to "Smart Cars"

 

[jkhoward]

100s of millions of phones that will never ever get fixed because OEMs and Carriers stop support after 12 months(if that)

Now apply this stupid software support life cycle to "Smart Cars"

And this is why I buy Apple. At least they keep their products update for better or worse. Yeah it may slow it down, but at least its patched.

 

[sh4dow83]

Well... My Nexus 4 is already considered pretty old, yet the last official version is Lollipop and I'm running Marshmallow.

So... How old do phones have to be to not even support 4.4? Is e.g. the Nexus One affected, considering that it was released 6 years ago but uses a Qualcomm chip?

 

[ravinmachine]

Or you can install Cyanogen mod and have android 6.0.1. I have it installed on my wife's Samsung Galaxy S3. A phone the telecoms stopped patching at android 4.4.4. And it works better now, even freed up about 4gb of space.

 

[ravinmachine]

Or you can install Cyanogen mod and have android 6.0.1. I have it installed on my wife's Samsung Galaxy S3. A phone the telecoms stopped patching at android 4.4.4. And it works better now, even freed up about 4gb of space.

 

[mrmez]

Yeah, but at least I'm not getting ripped off by Apple.
Amirite???

 

[house70]

Well... My Nexus 4 is already considered pretty old, yet the last official version is Lollipop and I'm running Marshmallow.

So... How old do phones have to be to not even support 4.4? Is e.g. the Nexus One affected, considering that it was released 6 years ago but uses a Qualcomm chip?

Nexus One capped at 2.3.7, if I recall. Not many phones out there that still run 4.0.3. At that age, hardware becomes an issue way before software shows it's glitches.

 

[jkhoward]

Yeah, but at least I'm not getting ripped off by Apple.
Amirite???

Apple doesn't rip you off with their mobile devices. A flagship phone from any company is right around the same cost as an iPhone.