CVE-2023-21310
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2023-21310 is a vulnerability discovered in the Bluetooth component of Android operating system. The vulnerability was disclosed in October 2023 and affects Android versions prior to 14.0. It involves a possible out-of-bounds write due to a heap buffer overflow in the Bluetooth component (Android Bulletin).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a heap buffer overflow that could lead to an out-of-bounds write condition. It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 6.7 (Medium) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. The vulnerability is tracked under CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write) (NVD).

Impact

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges. The impact includes potential unauthorized access to system resources and execution of arbitrary code with elevated privileges (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Google has addressed this vulnerability in Android 14.0. Users and organizations are advised to update their Android devices to version 14.0 or later to mitigate this security risk (Android Bulletin).

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