CVE-2023-21351

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 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: 2023-10-30 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

In multiple locations, there is a possible background activity launch 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: 14.0

References

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/26522c0e82fd3a9bcbd01409217291d97dcdabcf
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2024-08-01
https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/android-14

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