vMobile Chipset maker MediaTek has given a major contribution in helping handset makers introduce affordable smartphones. Now a website, Neowin, has reported about a new SMS vulnerability that affects several MediaTek mobile chipset based handsets. As per this SMS hack, the MediaTek chipset based phones automatically shut down and reset.
MediaTek mobile chipset based smartphones are vulnerable to a SMS hack which causes random reset of the phone. Really obnoxious loophole that gets triggered when the MediaTek mobile chipset based phone users receives equal symbol repeatedly. Just one symbol makes the phone unusable.
The vulnerability has been confirmed on several models from Wiko, Alcatel, and other phones. The users owning a MediaTek based phone can also have it checked. Unfortunately, no specific Android version has been revealed.
For those who wish to stay away from this loophole can install and use third party SMS app on their Android smartphones. Check out our list of Top 5 free third-party SMS apps for the Android devices. MediaTek has not acknowledged the issue as yet but we hope that it is trivial and gets fixed with an software update. However, it is quite unlikely that handset makers will release a software update for such budget smartphones.