Vulnerability · Published Jan 14, 2022 · Assigned by google_android
CVE-2021-39659
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Android. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 1% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 98.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
In sortSimPhoneAccountsForEmergency of CreateConnectionProcessor.java, there is a possible prevention of access to emergency calling due to an unhandled exception. In rare instances, this could lead to local denial of service with User execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-10 Android-11 Android-12Android ID: A-208267659
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2022-01-01 x_refsource_MISC