PT-2021-13173 · Google · Android

Published 2021-06-21 · Updated 2021-06-23 · CVE-2021-0526

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 an out of bounds write in the memory management driver due to uninitialized data. 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.

Use of Uninitialized Resource

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-908

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-0526

Affected Products

Android

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-0526 · Security Note
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2021-06-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/16598 · Telegram Post