cve-2023-20937
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-02-28 00:00
Modified
2025-03-21 17:54
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
In several functions of the Android Linux kernel, there is a possible way to corrupt memory due to a use after free. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android kernelAndroid ID: A-257443051References: Upstream kernel
References
security@android.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171239/Android-GKI-Kernels-Contain-Broken-Non-Upstream-Speculative-Page-Faults-MM-Code.htmlExploit
security@android.comhttps://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2023-02-01Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171239/Android-GKI-Kernels-Contain-Broken-Non-Upstream-Speculative-Page-Faults-MM-Code.htmlExploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2023-02-01Patch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
n/aAndroid
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