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Google Android Update Includes Fix for New Stagefright Flaw

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Sean Michael Kerner
Nov 5, 2015

Yet another Stagefright-related flaw is now being patched in Android. Stagefright, or more accurately libstagefright, is actually a library of code, not the name of an issue itself. As such, “Stagefright issues” are bugs in that specific library within Android.

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Sean Michael Kerner

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