CVE-2021-38591 Misconfiguration in n/a

What is CVE-2021-38591?

CVE-2021-38591 is a low-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 11 Aug 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered on LG mobile devices with Android OS P and Q software for mt6762/mt6765/mt6883. Attackers can change some of the NvRAM content by leveraging the misconfiguration of a debug command. The LG ID is LVE-SMP-210005 (August 2021).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-38591?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2021-38591?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-38591 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2021-38591 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-38591 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-8w5f-q6p5-5m5m.