🛡️ CVE-2023-20827 — android

🟡 CVSS 6.4 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-362 NVD
6.4
CVSS Score
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Description

In ims service, there is a possible memory corruption due to a race condition. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS07937105; Issue ID: ALPS07937105.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs administrative privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-20827 is classified as CWE-362: Race Condition. Concurrent operations share state without proper synchronisation, so timing decides whether the result is correct.

Affected software

CVE-2023-20827 is recorded against 1 package.

  • android

Timeline and source

Published on 4 September 2023 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

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Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 6.4
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-362
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2023-09-04
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
android — —

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