PT-2023-17837 · Google · Android Kernel

Published 2023-03-24 · Updated 2023-03-29 · CVE-2023-21047

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android kernel

Description The issue is related to a possible out of bounds read in the ConvertToHalMetadata function of aidl utils.cc due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to local information disclosure, requiring System execution privileges for exploitation. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Recommendations For Android kernel, apply the necessary patch or update to fix the missing bounds check in the ConvertToHalMetadata function of aidl utils.cc to prevent potential out of bounds read and local information disclosure.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-21047

Affected Products

Android Kernel

References · 2

• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2023-03-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-21047 · Security Note