CVE-2023-21365

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: 2023-10-30 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

In Contacts, there is a possible crash loop due to resource exhaustion. This could lead to local denial of service in the Phone app with User execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Affected products

Android: before 14.0 — fixed in 14.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Android 14.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/android-14
https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/android-14

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