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A total of 16 issues were patched with the first part of this month’s security updates – the 2021-09-01 security patch level – including one critical issue in the Framework component. Tracked as CVE-2021-0687, the security bug affects Android 8.1, 9, 10, and 11.
“The most severe of these issues is a critical security vulnerability in the Framework component that could enable a remote attacker using a specially crafted file to cause a permanent denial of service,” according to Google’s advisory.