Author Topic: Nexus / Pixel OTA files and images released for January 2018 patches  (Read 335 times)

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Images released for Nexus / Pixel devices, along with OTA files.We're early in 2018 and already seeing monthly patches for Google's Pixel and Nexus Android devices. Security vulnerabilities have been addressed, with the latest security bulletin having information on all of those issues in very specific detail (including the level of severity, in case you're interested).The OTA files can be used to manually update your device while maintaining all of your current files. If you go with system images instead of OTA, just note that it will wipe all data from the device. The main requirement to flash a system image is that you must have an unlocked bootloader.The Android Security Bulletin for January 2018 mentions the most severe issue that is fixed with these patches:  The most severe of these issues is a critical security vulnerability in Media framework that could enable a remote attacker using a specially crafted file to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileg...

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