CVE-2021-22495 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2021-22495?

CVE-2021-22495 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Android, published on 5 Jan 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with O(8.x), P(9.0), Q(10.0), and R(11.0) (Exynos chipsets) software. The Mali GPU driver allows out-of-bounds access and a device reset. The Samsung ID is SVE-2020-19174 (January 2021).

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-22495?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2021-22495?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-22495 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2021-22495 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-22495 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-w479-762h-chxx.