The same engine also underpins Chrome and Opera browsers, as well as apps that call it e.g.
Tencent X5 SDK used in WeChat.
It specifically targets Messages, Facebook, Gmail, and Twitter.
Users should run a quick scan of their phone and update their web client if they are affected.
The company says that 41.48% of all Samsung smartphone models may be affected by the BadKernel flaw.
With one in every five devices vulnerable to BadKernel, the most affected country seems to be Peru.
They mainly use socially engineered emails and SMS to encourage users to punch a link.
The vulnerability can be identified by Trustlooksappon Google Play.
Source:Softpedia
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