googleprojectzero.blogspot.com· Jan 14, 2026· by Seth Jenkins

A 0-click exploit chain for the Pixel 9 Part 2: Cracking the Sandbox with a Big Wave

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With the advent of a potential Dolby Unified Decoder RCE exploit, it seemed prudent to see what kind of Linux kernel drivers might be accessible from the resulting userland context, the mediacodec context. As per the AOSP documentation, the mediacodec SELinux context is intended to be a constrained (a.k.a sandboxed) context where non-secure software decoders are utilized. Nevertheless, using my DriverCartographer tool, I discovered an interesting device driver, /dev/bigwave that was accessible f
🎯 Vulnerability: Remote Code Execution (RCE)
💡 Defense Fix: Avoid executing shell commands via system(). Use parameterized APIs and strict input sanitization.