Critical severity · published Feb 4, 2021
CVE-2021-26689
An issue was discovered on LG mobile devices with Android OS 8.0, 8.1, 9.0, and 10 software
9.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered on LG mobile devices with Android OS 8.0, 8.1, 9.0, and 10 software. The USB laf gadget has a use-after-free. The LG ID is LVE-SMP-200031 (February 2021).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 46% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AN
Android · Google
8.0; 8.1; 9.0; 10.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-26689
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-26689
Vendor Advisory
https://lgsecurity.lge.com/
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