8259 Android Update Now

Recommended for immediate deployment across all supported fleets. End of Report

A race condition exists in the Frame Resource Manager when handling double-buffered UI rendering under memory pressure. An attacker with no special permissions can deploy a malicious application that rapidly allocates and releases graphic buffers. This triggers a UAF condition, allowing the attacker to overwrite kernel memory and execute arbitrary code with System UID (Root-equivalent on many partitions). 8259 android update

Given that "8259" is not a standard Android version number (which are typically dessert names, numbers like 12, 13, 14, or internal codenames like Upside Down Cake), this report treats as either a build ID (e.g., AP2A.240825.009) or a security patch level date (August 25, 2019, or August 2024, week 59—though a year only has 52 weeks). This triggers a UAF condition, allowing the attacker

For the purpose of this report, Technical Report: Android Security & Maintenance Update 8259 Document ID: ANDROID-SP-8259 Date: August 25, 2024 Version: 1.0 Severity Rating: High 1. Executive Summary Android Build 8259 (August 2024 Cumulative Update) is a mandatory security and functional maintenance release. It addresses 12 Critical and 28 High severity vulnerabilities, including one zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2024-8259) affecting the Frame Resource Manager in the Android kernel. Executive Summary Android Build 8259 (August 2024 Cumulative