CVE-2021-39685 Memory corruption in Android

What is CVE-2021-39685?

CVE-2021-39685 is a high-severity memory corruption 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 various setup methods of the USB gadget subsystem, there is a possible out of bounds write due to an incorrect flag check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android kernelAndroid ID: A-210292376References: Upstream kernel

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-39685?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2021-39685?

Apply the vendor's patch.

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

Is CVE-2021-39685 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-39685 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as A-210292376, ASB-A-210292376, DEBIAN-CVE-2021-39685, GHSA-wf5m-qxcp-g2hf, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-39685.