Google has been integrating code written in the Rust programming language into its Android operating system since 2019 and its efforts have paid off in the form of fewer vulnerabilities. Memory security bugs — like out-of-bounds read and write or post-free usage — account for more than 65% of high- or critical-severity bug vulnerabilities in …
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Google’s decision to use Rust for new Android code to reduce memory-related flaws seems to be paying off. Memory security vulnerabilities in Android have been reduced by more than half – a milestone that coincides with Google’s move from C and C++ to the memory-safe programming language, Rust. It’s the first year that memory security …
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Google’s decision to use Rust for new Android code to reduce memory-related flaws seems to be paying off. Memory security vulnerabilities in Android have been reduced by more than half – a milestone that coincides with Google’s move from C and C++ to the memory-safe programming language, Rust. It’s the first year that memory security …
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