PT-2021-13172 · Google · Android

Published 2021-06-21 · Updated 2021-06-23 · CVE-2021-0525

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Android versions prior to the fixed version

Description: The issue is related to a possible out of bounds write due to a use after free in the memory management driver. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Recommendations: For Android versions prior to the fixed version, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue to prevent local escalation of privilege. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Memory Corruption

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-0525

Affected Products

Android

References · 3

• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2021-06-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-0525 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/16599 · Telegram Post