CVE-2023-21278: Google Android

Low severity, CVSS 3.3. EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In multiple locations, there is a possible way to obscure the microphone privacy indicator due to a logic error in the code. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Affected products

• Google Android: version 12.0 only; version 12.1 only; version 13.0 only

Published 2023-08-14. Last modified 2026-06-17.