CVE-2023-21364 Denial of service in Android
A local attacker can cause a persistent crash loop in the Phone app via resource exhaustion in ContactsProvider, requiring user privileges but no 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-21364?
CVE-2023-21364 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Android, published on 30 Oct 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In ContactsProvider, there is a possible crash loop due to resource exhaustion. This could lead to local persistent denial of service in the Phone app with User execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-21364?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2023-21364?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-21364 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
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-2023-21364 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-21364 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p7q7-3phc-xxq2.