Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-20954

Critical

Published: 24 March 2023

Published
24 March 2023
Modified
25 February 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
01 March 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 0.0055 68.4th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-20954 is a critical-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Google Android. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 31.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

In SDP_AddAttribute of sdp_db.cc, there is a possible out of bounds write due to an incorrect bounds check. This could lead to remote code execution with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-11…

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Android-12 Android-12L Android-13Android ID: A-261867748

CWE(s)
CWE-787

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

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.

SI-16 Memory Protection
addresses: CWE-787

Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.

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