RAMpage flaw impacts every Android device since 2012

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RAMpage flaw impacts every Android device since 2012

Variation of the Rowhammer attack.

A group of university researchers discovered a vulnerability they say affects every Android device since 2012, as well as some Apple devices. Dubbed RAMpage, the vulnerability - tracked as CVE-2018-9442 - is a variation of the Rowhammer attack and is caused by a hardware bug in memory cards. If...

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