GhostMap: The Android flaw that crashes your phone before you open the app

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GhostMap: The Android flaw that crashes your phone before you open the app

Bitdefender Labs researchers found that installing a specially crafted app can leave an Android phone stuck in a crash loop

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A Bitdefender Labs report describing GhostMap, a flaw in Android ZIP/APK parsing that can put a phone into an unrecoverable crash loop after installing a specially crafted app. You would visit to learn how the bug works, which Android versions it affects, and the limited recovery options and disclosure timeline.

  • Crashing APKs can trigger persistent boot loops requiring factory reset
  • Affects Android 10 and later; reproduced on Pixel 10 with Android 17
  • Google declined an immediate security fix; issue reported August 2026

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