Vulnerability CVE-2023-21278


Published: 2023-08-14   Modified: 2023-08-15

Description:
In multiple locations, there is a possible way to obscure the microphone privacy indicator due to a logic error in the code. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

 References:
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/49773f9d871dd8975128fccf71513928a5a97345
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2023-08-01

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