The Android "SMS of Death" Is Real: One Invisible Text Can Drop Your Calls

<h1> The Android "SMS of Death" Is Real: One Invisible Text Can Drop Your Calls </h1> <p>Researcher Mark Blaszczyk published a working exploit for CVE-[phone]: an 8-byte malformed WAP Push message (port 2948) that crashes Android's com.android.phone process — dropping active calls, including emergency calls. Zero clicks needed; you never see the message.</p> <p>Around 20 messages can brick a ph

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