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CVE-2021-0889

32
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.60%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0160 is in the 61st percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

googlevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

source.android.com / security/bulletin/2021-11-01
Vendor Advisory