Vulnerability · Published Oct 22, 2021 · Assigned by google_android

CVE-2021-0652

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-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 0.2% (higher than 9% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 91.5% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack tooling1Public PoC

Official description

In VectorDrawable::VectorDrawable of VectorDrawable.java, there is a possible way to introduce a memory corruption due to sharing of not thread-safe objects. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-8.1 Android-9 Android-10 Android-11Android ID: A-185178568

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	Android	Android-8.1 Android-9 Android-10 Android-11

References

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2021-10-01 x_refsource_MISC