Vulnerability · Published Jun 15, 2023 · Assigned by google_android

CVE-2021-0701

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-severity integer overflow in Android. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 25% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 75.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In PVRSRVBridgeSyncPrimOpCreate of the PowerVR kernel driver, a missing size check means there is a possible integer overflow that could allow out-of-bounds heap access. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a Android Android SoC

Weakness: CWE-190

References