Google reports decline in Android memory safety vulnerabilities as Rust usage grows
December 2, 2022
Last year, Google announced Android Open Source Project (AOSP) support for Rust, and today the company provided an update, while highlighting the decline in memory safety vulnerabilities.
Google says the “number of memory safety vulnerabilities have dropped considerably over the past few years/releases.” Specifically, the number of annual memory safety vulnerabilities fell from 223 to 85…