Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-40114

High

Published: 15 February 2024

Published
15 February 2024
Modified
13 December 2024
KEV Added
Patch
01 November 2023
CVSS Score v3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0002 5.7th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-40114 is a high-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Google Android. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 5.7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

In multiple functions of MtpFfsHandle.cpp , there is a possible out of bounds write due to a use after free. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is 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
11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 13.0, 14.0

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.

addresses: CWE-416

Use-after-free exploits that achieve arbitrary code execution are blocked or significantly hardened by non-executable pages and ASLR.

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