
The vulnerability is an out-of-bounds write issue that exists because of an incorrect bounds check. Tracked as CVE-2022-20233, the newly detailed vulnerability was addressed as part of Android’s June 2022 security patches, when Google described it as a critical escalation of privilege bug.Īccording to Quarkslab’s researchers – who discovered the issue and reported it to Google – the security flaw can be exploited to achieve code execution on the Titan M chip. Introduced in 2018, Titan M is a system-on-a-chip (SoC) designed to deliver increased security protections to Pixel devices, including guaranteeing secure boot. Security researchers at Quarkslab have published detailed information on a critical vulnerability they discovered in Google’s Titan M chip earlier this year.
