Out-of-bounds read in Pixel - CVE-2021-0561
Published: November 15, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU69342
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-0561
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Affected software:
Pixel
Pixel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local application to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the append_to_verify_fifo_interleaved_ in stream_encoder.c in Media Framework. A local application can trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.
How to mitigate CVE-2021-0561
Install updates from vendor's website.