CVE-2021-0889

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-12-15 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

In Android TV , there is a possible silent pairing due to lack of rate limiting in the pairing flow. This could lead to remote code execution with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-10 Android-11 Android-12 Android-8.1 Android-9Android ID: A-180745296

Affected products

Android: 8.1, 9.0, 10.0, 11.0, 12.0

References

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2021-11-01
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2021-11-01

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