Vulnerability details
Advisory: SB2021052006 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Google Android
Vulnerable component: Google Android
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-28664
CVSSv3 score: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H/RL:O/RC:C
CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption
Description:
The vulnerability allows a local application to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the Arm Mali GPU kernel driver. This affects Bifrost r0p0 through r28p0 before r29p0, Valhall r19p0 through r28p0 before r29p0, and Midgard r8p0 through r30p0. A local application can trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the system with elevated privileges.
Note, the vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild.
External links:
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2021-05-01