Umbra Wiki cve cve/CVE-2021-0920
Back to wiki

CVE-2021-0920 — Android Kernel Race Condition Vulnerability

provenance: imported · CVE: CVE-2021-0920 · CWE: CWE-362 CWE-416

CVE-2021-0920: Android Kernel Race Condition Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Vendor / project Android
Product Kernel
Date added 2022-05-23
Due date 2022-06-13
Ransomware campaign use Unknown

Description

Android kernel contains a race condition, which allows for a use-after-free vulnerability. Exploitation can allow for privilege escalation.

Required action (CISA)

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Notes

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-0920

Weakness behind it

CISA records this vulnerability as an instance of CWE-362, CWE-416. From there the chain continues into CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques, all inside this corpus.

References

  • NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-0920
  • KEV catalog: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

See all 1,745 pages under Vulnerabilities (CVE) →