CVE-2023-21272

highpriority · track · 41EPSS 0.002 · 7 %ileexploit · PoCDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · PoC

Likely / severe?

0.18% (7th) EPSS

CVSS 7.8 · high

Is it mine?

12 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.4highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-20USprimaryCWE-269US

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

Trinadh465/frameworks_base_AOSP-4.2.2_r1_CVE-2023-21272Trinadh465/frameworks_base_AOSP-4.2.2_r1_CVE-2023-21272PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (12)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Google Android 11all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:google:android:11
Google Android 12all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:google:android:12
Google Android 12Lall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:google:android:12l
Google Android 13all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:google:android:13
Samsung Android 13all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:samsung:android:13
Ubuntu Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-
Google Android≤ 12Lenisa_euvdEU
Google Android≤ 11enisa_euvdEU
Google Android≤ 12enisa_euvdEU
google android= 11.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android= 12.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android= 12.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-1981Samsung Android: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-08-07csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Samsung Android ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen.
WID-SEC-W-2023-1984Google Android: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-08-07csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Google Android ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen, beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, Informationen offenzulegen oder einen Denial of Service Zustand herbeizuführen.
ASB-A-2274714592023-08-01vendor · osvUS
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.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd osv cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-08-14modified 2026-06-17

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references (7)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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