Memory safety flaws used to represent 76% of 'droid security holes. Now they account for 24%
Google says its effort to prioritize memory-safe software development over the past six years has substantially reduced the number of memory safety vulnerabilities in its Android operating system.scheduled for publication on Wednesday, Google reveals the percentage of Android vulnerabilities attributable to memory safety issues has fallen from 76 percent in 2019 to an expected 24 percent by the end of 2024, which is significantly less than the industry norm of 70 percent.
"Instead of focusing on the interventions applied , or attempting to use past performance to predict future security, Safe Coding allows us to make strong assertions about the code's properties and what can or cannot happen based on those properties." Largely, this goal has been pursued by recommending against the use of C and C++, which require manual memory management and lead to memory vulnerabilities unless developers are extraordinarily diligent. . The Android team has observed that the rollback rate of Rust changes is less than half that of C++."Rust can help make software secure – but it's no cure-all
That's not to say old bugs miraculously become unexploitable. Rather, the overall density of vulnerabilities diminishes – a statistical win but not a guarantee of safety.
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