CVE-2021-39624 Denial of service in Android
A local attacker can cause permanent denial of service in Android's PackageManager via resource exhaustion without user interaction.
- 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-2021-39624?
CVE-2021-39624 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Android, published on 16 Mar 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In PackageManager, there is a possible permanent denial of service due to resource exhaustion. This could lead to local denial of service with User execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-10 Android-11 Android-12 Android-12LAndroid ID: A-67862680
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-39624?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2021-39624?
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-2021-39624 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-39624 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as A-67862680, ASB-A-67862680, GHSA-5fcm-xq3v-cxw6.