Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-20946

Critical

Published: 28 February 2023

Published
28 February 2023
Modified
21 March 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
01 February 2023
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0043 62.9th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-20946 is a critical-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Google Android. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 37.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

In onStart of BluetoothSwitchPreferenceController.java, there is a possible permission bypass due to a confused deputy. This could lead to remote escalation of privilege in Bluetooth settings with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions:…

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Android-11 Android-12 Android-12L Android-13Android ID: A-244423101

CWE(s)
NVD-CWE-Other

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

google
android
11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 13.0

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References