importantSYS.SOURCE: GitHub• 2026-10-14T06:18:01Z

Bug in Android NDK's wcscspn and wcspbrk Functions Affects Wide String Processing

#android #ndk #vulnerability

A critical bug in the Android NDK's bionic library causes wcscspn() and wcspbrk() functions to incorrectly treat wchar_t values >= 0x100 as matches, breaking wide string processing for ASCII delimiters. The issue was introduced between June and September 2026 Android releases and affects devices running specific builds.

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