Vulnerability · Published Oct 27, 2023 · Assigned by google_android
CVE-2023-40128
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in Android from Google. 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)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 98.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
In several functions of xmlregexp.c, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a heap buffer overflow. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.