CVE-2023-21278

Severity: low (CVSS 3.3 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: 2023-08-14 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

In multiple locations, there is a possible way to obscure the microphone privacy indicator due to a logic error in the code. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Affected products

Android: 12.0, 12.1, 13.0

References

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/49773f9d871dd8975128fccf71513928a5a97345
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2023-08-01
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/49773f9d871dd8975128fccf71513928a5a97345
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2023-08-01

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