CVE-2023-20937

State: Published
Severity: 7.8 High
Published: Feb 28, 2023
Updated: Mar 21, 2025
Reserved: Nov 3, 2022

Description

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

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

CWE-416 Use After Free

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Androidn/a	Android kernelAffected

References

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2023-02-01
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171239/Android-GKI-Kernels-Contain-Broken-Non-Upstream-Speculative-Page-Faults-MM-Code.html

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