CVE-2021-0889 is a critical vulnerability affecting Android TV versions 8.1 through 12, allowing for silent pairing due to a lack of rate limiting in the pairing process. This flaw enables remote code execution without user interaction or additional privileges. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it poses a severe risk, as an attacker can achieve complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability over the network with low attack complexity. While there is no known public exploit code or active exploitation, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating high awareness and potential for future exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.