CVE-2021-0547

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-06-22 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

In onReceive of NetInitiatedActivity.java, there is a possible way to supply an attacker-controlled value to a GPS HAL handler due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege that may result in undefined behavior in some HAL implementations with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-11Android ID: A-174151048

Affected products

Android: 11.0

References

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2021-06-01
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2021-06-01

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