CVE-2021-0879 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting the PowerVR kernel driver in Android SoCs, stemming from a missing size check that can lead to an integer overflow and out-of-bounds heap access. This flaw allows for local escalation of privilege without requiring user interaction or additional execution privileges. With a CVSS score of 7.8, the vulnerability has a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor is public exploit code available, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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