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This high-severityzero-day(tracked asCVE-2024-53104) is aprivilege escalation flawin Androids USB Video Class driver.

This can then be exploited to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable Android phone or to launch denial-of-service attacks.

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This month, Google released two sets of patches: the2025-02-01and2025-02-05security patch levels.

However, you should also look into how often companies send out patches before choosing your next smartphone.

Likewise though, many of thebest Android antivirus apps, also include both of these security tools.

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