PT-2021-13398 · Google · Android

Published 2021-12-15 · Updated 2022-07-12 · CVE-2021-0993

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions Android-12

Description The issue is related to a possible denial of service due to resource exhaustion in the getOffsetBeforeAfter function of TextLine.java. This could lead to a remote denial of service with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is necessary for exploitation.

Recommendations For Android version Android-12, update to a version that includes a fix for the resource exhaustion issue in TextLine.java to prevent remote denial of service attacks.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-0993

Affected Products

Android

References · 3

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-0993 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-0993 · Security Note
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2021-12-01 · Vendor Advisory