CVE-2023-21110 Denial of service in Android

What is CVE-2023-21110?

CVE-2023-21110 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Android, published on 15 May 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In several functions of SnoozeHelper.java, there is a possible way to grant notifications access due to resource exhaustion. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-11 Android-12 Android-12L Android-13Android ID: A-258422365

Weakness: CWE-400, CWE-770

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-21110?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2023-21110?

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-2023-21110 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-21110 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2026-58704 Google Pixel Improper Authorization Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2025-48543 Android Runtime Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2023-35674 Android Framework Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2025-48595 Android Framework Integer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2024-32896 Android Pixel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.1

All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as A-258422365, ASB-A-258422365, GHSA-qfvr-c3w2-x3h7.