🛡️ CVE-2023-21244 — android

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, 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.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

• Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: High — administrative rights are needed first.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-21244 is classified as CWE-862: Missing Authorization. No authorisation check is performed before carrying out a restricted action.

Affected software

CVE-2023-21244 is recorded against 2 packages.

• android
• platform/frameworks/base (from 13:0 up to 13:2023-10-01)

Timeline and source

Published on 6 October 2023 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

android.googlesource.com
android.googlesource.com
android.googlesource.com
source.android.com
android.googlesource.com
android.googlesource.com
android.googlesource.com
source.android.com

Other advisories for this package

android has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2024-0028 (5.5 Medium, published 5 Sep 2025)
• CVE-2023-35657 (4.0 Medium, published 4 Sep 2025)
• CVE-2023-21470 (4.0 Medium, published 3 Sep 2025)
• CVE-2023-21476 (8.0 High, published 3 Sep 2025)
• CVE-2023-21469 (4.0 Medium, published 3 Sep 2025)
• CVE-2023-21475 (8.0 High, published 3 Sep 2025)
• CVE-2023-21468 (5.9 Medium, published 3 Sep 2025)
• CVE-2023-21474 (6.3 Medium, published 3 Sep 2025)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-862: Missing Authorization) in other software:

• CVE-2014-0167 (published 6 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-0932 (6.5 Medium, published 2 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2024-23752 (9.5 Critical, published 29 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2024-24709 (4.3 Medium, published 17 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2023-32959 (4.3 Medium, published 11 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2023-25969 (5.4 Medium, published 11 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2022-42479 (5.4 Medium, published 11 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2022-45813 (5.4 Medium, published 11 Jun 2026)

CVE-2023-21244 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

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