CVE-2023-40077

highpriority · track · 35EPSS 0.084 · 95 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

8.42% (95th) EPSS

CVSS 8.1 · high

Is it mine?

17 products

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Who says so?

6 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

In multiple functions of MetaDataBase.cpp, there is a possible UAF write due to a race condition. This could lead to remote 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.

9.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.4–9.8

v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.2 · impact 5.9

v3.18.1highAV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

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

ssvc

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

Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-362USprimaryCWE-362US

affected products (17)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Google Androidall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:google:android:-
Ubuntu Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-
Google Android≤ 11enisa_euvdEU
Google Android≤ 14enisa_euvdEU
Google Android≤ 12Lenisa_euvdEU
Google Android≤ 13enisa_euvdEU
Google Android≤ 12enisa_euvdEU
Google Inc Android≤ 11fstec_bduRU
Google Inc Android≤ 14fstec_bduRU
Google Inc Android≤ 13fstec_bduRU
Google Inc Android≤ 12.1fstec_bduRU
Google Inc Android≤ 12fstec_bduRU
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android= 13.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android= 14.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-3056Samsung Android: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-12-04csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Samsung Android ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen oder Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen.
WID-SEC-W-2023-3057Google Android: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-12-04csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Google Android ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu verursachen oder vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen.
ASB-A-2980577022023-12-01vendor · osvUS
In multiple functions of MetaDataBase.cpp, there is a possible UAF write due to a race condition. This could lead to remote escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu osv cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-12-04modified 2026-06-17

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references (8)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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