Government issues an ‘important’ warning for Android devices, here’s what users can do

It’s just yesterday when Google warned users about a potential vulnerability found in Android. The company asked users to apply the latest available security patch for their device to stay protected against potential threats.
Now, CERT-In, the government that monitors bugs and vulnerabilities within the apps and services offered by the company, has issued another “high severity” warning for multiple versions of Android, including the latest Android 14.
What has the government said?
The government body has mentioned that there have been several vulnerabilities found within the Android operating system. These can allow attackers to exploit them and gain access to sensitive data, information, execute arbitrary code, gain elevated privileges or cause denial of service conditions on the targeted system.
Affected Android versions
According to the report, the vulnerabilities have been found in Android 11, Android 12, Android 12L, Android 13 and Android 14 operating systems.
Why do these vulnerabilities exists?
These vulnerabilities exist in Android due to flaws in the Framework, System, Google Play system updates, Arm components, Imagination Technologies, MediaTek components, Misc OEM, Unisoc components, Qualcomm components and Qualcomm closedsource components.
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow the attacker to obtain sensitive information, execute arbitrary code, gain elevated privileges and cause denial of service on the targeted system.
What’s the solution?
The government body has advised users to apply the latest security patch available for their device.
List of vulnerabilities
CVE Name
CVE-2023-40077
CVE-2023-40076
CVE-2023-40079
CVE-2023-40089
CVE-2023-40091
CVE-2023-40094
CVE-2023-40095
CVE-2023-40096
CVE-2023-40103
CVE-2023-45774
CVE-2023-45777
CVE-2023-21267
CVE-2023-40073
CVE-2023-40081
CVE-2023-40092
CVE-2023-40074
CVE-2023-40075
CVE-2023-40088
CVE-2023-40078
CVE-2023-40080
CVE-2023-40082
CVE-2023-40084
CVE-2023-40087
CVE-2023-40090
CVE-2023-40097
CVE-2023-45773
CVE-2023-45775
CVE-2023-45776
CVE-2023-21394
CVE-2023-35668
CVE-2023-40083
CVE-2023-40087
CVE-2023-40090
CVE-2023-40097
CVE-2023-45773
CVE-2023-45775
CVE-2023-45776
CVE-2023-21394
CVE-2023-35668
CVE-2023-40083
CVE-2023-40098
CVE-2023-40098
CVE-2023-45781
CVE-2023-45866
CVE-2023-3889
CVE-2023-4272
CVE-2023-32804
CVE-2023-21162
CVE-2023-21163
CVE-2023-21164
CVE-2023-21166
CVE-2023-21215
CVE-2023-21216
CVE-2023-21217
CVE-2023-21218
CVE-2023-21228
CVE-2023-21263
CVE-2023-21401
CVE-2023-21402
CVE-2023-21403
CVE-2023-35690
CVE-2023-21227
CVE-2023-32818
CVE-2023-32847
CVE-2023-32848
CVE-2023-32850
CVE-2023-32851
CVE-2023-45779
CVE-2022-48456
CVE-2022-48461
CVE-2022-48454
CVE-2022-48455
CVE-2022-48457
CVE-2022-48458
CVE-2022-48459
CVE-2023-28588
CVE-2023-33053
CVE-2023-33063
CVE-2023-33079
CVE-2023-33087
CVE-2023-33092
CVE-2023-33106
CVE-2023-33107
CVE-2022-40507
CVE-2022-22076
CVE-2023-21652
CVE-2023-21662
CVE-2023-21664
CVE-2023-28546
CVE-2023-28550
CVE-2023-28551
CVE-2023-28585
CVE-2023-28586
CVE-2023-28587
CVE-2023-33017
CVE-2023-33018
CVE-2023-33022
CVE-2023-33054
CVE-2023-33080
CVE-2023-33081
CVE-2023-33088
CVE-2023-33089
CVE-2023-33097
CVE-2023-33098