---
id: 8574
title: "First handset with MTE on the market"
source_domain: projectzero.google
source_url: "https://projectzero.google/2023/11/first-handset-with-mte-on-market.html"
published_at: "2023-11-03T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["memory-safety", "android", "arm", "hardware", "mitigation", "mte"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/8574"
lang: en
---

# First handset with MTE on the market

## Summary

Notes on the first handset shipping with Arm Memory Tagging Extension (MTE) support, what the hardware mitigation means for memory-safety exploits, and early observations.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** projectzero.google
- **Published:** 2023-11-03T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://projectzero.google/2023/11/first-handset-with-mte-on-market.html
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/8574