In readFrom of Uri.java, there is a possible bad URI permission grant due to improper input validation. This could lead to local…

Description

In readFrom of Uri.java, there is a possible bad URI permission grant due to improper input validation. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.18% · top 92% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.

Weakness

• Elevation of privilege
• CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-269 and its CVEs
• CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-20 and its CVEs

Affected products

• Google · Android

  • affected 12L
  • affected 12
  • affected 11

References (2)

• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/4dea696369a309cf39daa3e94fec7156c290a9c2 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2023-08-01 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2023-21272](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2023-21272.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2023-21272)

Record last updated 9 Oct 2024, 15:14 UTC.