Samsung to Internally investigate Exynos Exploit Vulnerability

An Exploit found in certain Samsung models (Galaxy S III, Galaxy Note II.. etc) powered by Samsung's Exynos 4210 or Exynos 4412 could potentially allow an app to take over a device, wipe memory and even brick the whole phone. At the same time, a developer named Supercurio had come up with a fix that not only should work on all of the affected models, but also can be turned on and off since it could affect camera functionality on some units.

Ever since this story broke, everyone has been waiting to see what Samsung's response would be. After all, some of the same developers that found the exploit also reported it to Samsung.

Samsung responded with the following statement :

We would expect Samsung to issue a patch ASAP. Remember, this is a rather serious problem with the Samsung Galaxy S III and the Samsung GALAXY Note II, two flagship models that will continue to sell.

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