CVE-2023-40077

Android vulnerability

CVSS

8.1

EPSS

8.4%

EPSS pct

94th

Exploited

No known

In multiple functions of MetaDataBase.cpp, there is a possible UAF write due to a race condition. This could lead to remote escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Affected vendor

Google

Affected product

Android

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-362 — Race Condition

Published

2023-12-04

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 8.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

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