Samsung's security patches usually bring dozens of fixes for vulnerabilities related to Androidui of its own software. Now it has come to light that the November security patch has fixed a security flaw that has plagued Google Pixel phones for several months. Although this fix is listed in the November issue bulletin of the Korean giant, device users Galaxy they don't have to worry about her.
The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2022-20465, allowed anyone with an extra SIM card to bypass the Pixel 5 or Pixel 6's lock screen (at least) and unlock them. It was a full-fledged lock screen bypass that didn't require any external tools (that is, apart from the SIM card) or advanced hacking skills.
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Although this serious security exploit appears to have existed for months before Google patched it on its phones, for smartphones Galaxy apparently never posed a threat. Although Samsung mentions it in its current security bulletin, its devices were apparently safe from this threat before this patch was released.
As it seems, the problem was deeply rooted in himself Androidand the way the system deals with so-called security screens, be it the screen for entering a PIN code, password, fingerprint, etc. This is probably the reason why it took several months for Google to fix the problem on Pixels. Anyway, it shows that the Korean giant's phones are sometimes more secure than Google's, thanks to its androidnew One UI superstructure and other software.
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Several devices have already received the November security patch Galaxy, including last year's and this year's jigsaws and the US version of the range's phones Galaxy Footnote20.
