CVE-2021-0401 Race condition in Android

What is CVE-2021-0401?

CVE-2021-0401 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 26 Feb 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In vow, there is a possible memory corruption due to a race condition. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation. Product: Android; Versions: Android-10, Android-11; Patch ID: ALPS05418265.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-0401?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2021-0401?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-0401 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2021-0401 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-0401 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-x5wc-772j-qv7j.