Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-21242

Critical

Published: 14 August 2023

Published
14 August 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
01 August 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 0.0140 80.8th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-21242 is a critical-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Google Android. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 19.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

In isServerCertChainValid of InsecureEapNetworkHandler.java, there is a possible way to trust an imposter server due to a logic error in the code. This could lead to remote escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not…

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needed for exploitation.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

google
android
13.0

Mitigating Controls

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

References