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CVE-2023-21287

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-08-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-843

Description

In multiple locations, there is a possible code execution due to type confusion. This could lead to remote code execution 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/external/freetype/+/a79e80a25874dacaa266906a9048f13d4bac41c6
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2023-08-01
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/freetype/+/a79e80a25874dacaa266906a9048f13d4bac41c6
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2023-08-01

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