CVE-2023-21365 Denial of service in Android
A local attacker can cause a crash loop in the Android Phone app via resource exhaustion, requiring user execution 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-2023-21365?
CVE-2023-21365 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 Contacts, there is a possible crash loop due to resource exhaustion. This could lead to local 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-2023-21365?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2023-21365?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-21365 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-2023-21365 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-21365 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-98hr-p435-w357.