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Does the webp vulnerability (CVE-2023-4863) affect the Bromite browser? (lemdro.id)
submitted 1 year ago by MikeyBe@lemdro.id to c/askandroid@lemdro.id
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Hello everyone, I'm new here and I've got a fairly serious question/problem.

I've used Bromite for a long time, and now with the threat of CVE-2023-4863, I can't help but constantly fear getting screwed over by a malicious image. I've tried looking myself but cannot find an answer if bromite is vulnerable to this threat, mostly because the main developer of the browser hasn't been active for a very long time.

I'd love to switch to another browser but to transfer all my data would require root access, which could damage my pixel 6. So I'm kinda stuck in a jam.

Can anyone please help me?

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[-] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

If you like Bromite there is a fork of it called Cromite https://github.com/uazo/cromite

Or you could try Mulch https://divestos.org/pages/our_apps#mulch

Both are Chromium browsers

[-] MikeyBe@lemdro.id 4 points 1 year ago

Thank you for the reply, I was aware of Cromite, though not of Mulch. Considering how Bromite turned out, I'm looking at Vivaldi at this point for my new browser.

[-] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Remember to keep Android System Webview updated as well.

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