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CVE-2023-21240

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 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: 2023-07-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-400

Description

In Policy of Policy.java, there is a possible boot loop due to resource exhaustion. This could lead to local denial of service with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Affected products

• Android: 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 13.0

References

• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/modules/Wifi/+/69119d1d3102e27b6473c785125696881bce9563
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2023-07-01
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/modules/Wifi/+/69119d1d3102e27b6473c785125696881bce9563
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2023-07-01

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