PT-2023-17951 · Google · Android Kernel

Published 2023-06-28 · Updated 2023-07-05 · CVE-2023-21158

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 heap buffer overflow in the encode function of miscdata.cpp, which could lead to a possible out of bounds read. This might result in local information disclosure, requiring System execution privileges for exploitation. Notably, user interaction is not necessary for this issue to be exploited.

Recommendations For Android kernel, consider applying a patch to fix the heap buffer overflow issue in the encode function of miscdata.cpp to prevent potential information disclosure.

Fix

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-21158

Affected Products

Android Kernel

References · 2

• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2023-06-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-21158 · Security Note