CVE-2021-38783
Published: 18 January 2022
Summary
CVE-2021-38783 is a high-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Allwinnertech Android Q Sdk. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 26.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-25220
Vulnerability details
There is a Out-of-Bound Write in the Allwinner R818 SoC Android Q SDK V1.0 camera driver "/dev/cedar_dev" through iotcl cmd IOCTL_SET_PROC_INFO and IOCTL_COPY_PROC_INFO, which could cause a system crash or EoP.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.