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Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched?

From Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com>
Newsgroups comp.mobile.android
Subject Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched?
Date 2026-04-21 15:06 -0600
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Carlos E.R. wrote:
>> Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched?
>> A: ?
> 
> 
> Impossible to know unless you read all the CVEs. You can not assume they 
> are irrelevant.

This is probably the most sensibly stated assessment of the threats we face
when our phones aren't updated to the latest set of score 8 to 10 CVEs.

What might be nice to keep track of are URLs of where we find CVE data.

I don't know how to use this site, yet. Does anyone out there know? 
 <https://www.cve.org>
 <https://nvd.nist.gov>

I do know how to use the CISA CEV exploit data, but it's a small subset.
 <https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog>

I don't yet know how best to use Android Security Bulletins though:
 <https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin>

And those of us on Samsung can add their device-specific security bulletin:
 <https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb>

Similarly, those of us on both platforms can use Apple's security bulletin:
 <https://support.apple.com/en-us/100100>

There may be useful information in a vulnerability search page:
 <https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search#/nvd/home?resultType=records>

What we need, I guess, is a "process" to make what Carlos suggested,
something that we can practically do when we find out about CVEs.

We'd check the CVE against how we use our own unpatched devices, I guess.

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Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-04-19 10:59 -0600
  Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-04-19 18:06 +0100
  Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-19 22:31 +0200
    Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-04-21 15:06 -0600
      Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-22 07:06 +0200
        Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-04-22 01:15 -0600
          Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-22 11:45 +0200
            Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-04-22 15:55 +0000
              Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-22 19:17 +0200
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-04-22 17:40 +0000
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-22 19:46 +0200
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-04-22 18:32 +0000
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-22 21:18 +0200
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-04-22 13:33 -0600
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-22 21:41 +0200
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-04-22 14:31 -0600
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-22 22:50 +0200
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-04-23 13:24 -0600
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-04-22 22:01 +0000
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-04-23 10:37 +0100
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-04-23 16:28 +0000
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-23 13:14 +0200
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-04-23 17:30 +0000
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-04-23 15:08 +0000
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-04-23 18:10 +0000
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-04-23 13:30 -0600
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-04-23 19:54 +0000
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-04-22 13:25 -0600
              Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-04-23 14:49 +0000
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-04-23 17:57 +0000
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-23 21:05 +0200
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-04-23 20:00 +0000
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-23 22:41 +0200
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-04-23 20:10 +0000
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-04-23 19:54 +0000
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-04-23 22:16 +0000
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-04-24 14:09 +0000
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-25 14:13 +0200
          Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2026-04-22 18:32 +0100

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