CVE-2014-7921 is a critical privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the mediaserver component in Android versions 4.0.3 through 5.x before 5.1. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to gain full control over affected devices with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no public exploit code available, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, indicating no known active exploitation. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.