In multiple locations, there is a possible way to crash multiple system services due to resource exhaustion.

published 2023-10-06 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-25421

cvss: 5.5; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.1%; EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 3%
public exploits: 0; none known

In multiple locations, there is a possible way to crash multiple system services due to resource exhaustion. This could lead to local denial of service with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Patch / fix

links 4

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-09-19)

Exploit prediction

0.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

Google Android

Classification

Weakness

CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

android.googlesource.com /platform/frameworks/base/+/84df68840b6f2407146e722ebd95a7d8bc6e3529
mailing-list, patch
android.googlesource.com /platform/tools/apksig/+/039f815895f62c9f8af23df66622b66246f3f61e
mailing-list, patch
android.googlesource.com /platform/tools/apksig/+/41d882324288085fd32ae0bb70dc85f5fd0e2be7
mailing-list, patch
source.android.com /security/bulletin/2023-10-01
patch, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-21253
NVD CVE-2023-21253

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Summary