CVE-2021-0934 Denial of service in Android
A local attacker can cause a denial of service in Android via resource exhaustion in AccountsDb without user interaction or privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2021-0934?
CVE-2021-0934 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Android, published on 13 Dec 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In findAllDeAccounts of AccountsDb.java, there is a possible denial of service due to resource exhaustion. This could lead to local denial of service with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-10 Android-11 Android-12 Android-12L Android-13Android ID: A-169762606
Weakness: CWE-1284
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-0934?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2021-0934?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2021-0934 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-0934 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as A-169762606, ASB-A-169762606, GHSA-m257-4mgj-cg83.