Google found several dangerous vulnerabilities in Pixel, Samsung, and Vivo smartphones.

For now, it's better to disable some features of these devices.

The Project Zero team from the American company Google has discovered 18 vulnerabilities in devices with Exynos modems. These are used in many Pixel, Samsung, Vivo smartphones, and some smartwatches. This is reported by 9to5Google.

Experts note that four vulnerabilities allow attackers to execute code remotely, knowing only the victim's phone number. The remaining 14 "holes" are considered less serious, as they either require the user's mobile operator's involvement, which is practically impossible, or local access to the device.

Devices with identified vulnerabilities:

• Samsung Galaxy smartphones, including the S22, M33, M13, M12, A71, A53, A33, A21, A13, A12, and A04 series;
• Vivo smartphones, including the S16, S15, S6, X70, X60, and X30 series;
• Google Pixel 6 and 6 Pro, Pixel 6a, Pixel 7 and 7 Pro;
• All wearable devices with Exynos W920 chipsets, including Galaxy Watch 4 and 5;
• All vehicles using Exynos Auto T5123 chips.

Google believes that experienced hackers can quickly create a working solution to exploit the most critical vulnerabilities for their purposes. Therefore, they recommend users disable certain features until an update is released. In particular, to block Wi-Fi calls and voice communication over LTE (VoLTE).

However, not all devices allow users to do this independently. For example, in some Google Pixel smartphones, the VoLTE feature is activated automatically and cannot be adjusted manually.

Fortunately, the main vulnerability - CVE-2023-24033 - has already been fixed in most "Google" devices with the March security update released on Monday. However, it has not yet reached Pixel 6, 6 Pro, and 6a.