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CVE-2023-21342

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-10-30 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

In RemoteSpeechRecognitionService of RemoteSpeechRecognitionService.java, there is a possible way to launch an activity from the background 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: 13.0

References

• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/03bb6b20a8eaa7c565401597294ea9e3aee6d4ab
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2025-05-01
• https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/android-14

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