Google fixes Android zero-day exploited in the wild in targeted attacks
Vulnerabilities mentioned
All| CVE | Vulnerability | CVSS | EPSS | Signals | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2021-1048 | Use-After-Free Privilege Escalation in Android Kernel (CVE-2021-1048) | 7.8 | 1% | KEV | KEV |
| CVE-2021-1906 | GPU Address Allocation DoS in Qualcomm Snapdragon and IoT Chipsets | 5.5 | <1% | KEV | KEV |
CVE-2021-28663+1 related CVE | Use-After-Free Privilege Escalation in Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver | 8.8 | 12% | KEVPoC | KEV |
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Google has released on Monday its monthly Android security bulletin , and the company's engineers said they patched a zero-day vulnerability that was being exploited in the wild in what they described as "limited, targeted exploitation." Tracked as CVE-2021-1048 , Google said the vulnerability resided in one of the Android kernel components and was abused to elevate an attacker's privileges.
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