GhostMap Android flaw lets malicious app trigger persistent boot loop

Bitdefender researchers have identified an Android flaw, dubbed GhostMap, that lets a specially crafted app requiring no permissions force a device into a persistent boot loop once it is installed, BleepingComputer reports. The flaw comes from how Android reads the ZIP structure inside an APK, and the researchers reproduced the crash loop on a Pixel 10, where a factory reset could be needed to recover.