CVE-2023-21641
Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Display
An app with non-privileged access can change global system brightness and cause undesired system behavior.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Display
An app with non-privileged access can change global system brightness and cause undesired system behavior.
- Record
CVE-2023-21641- CVSS 3.1
- 6.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-264
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-25808
An app with non-privileged access can change global system brightness and cause undesired system behavior.
- Record
EUVD-2023-25808- CVSS 3.1
- 6.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6v47-rxr3-m26v
An app with non-privileged access can change global system brightness and cause undesired system...
An app with non-privileged access can change global system brightness and cause undesired system behavior.
- Record
GHSA-6v47-rxr3-m26v- CVSS 3.1
- 6.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
An app with non-privileged access can change global system brightness and cause undesired system behavior.
- Record
CVE-2023-21641- CVSS 3.1
- 6.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-264
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- qualcomm fastconnect 6900 firmware
- qualcomm fastconnect 7800 firmware
- qualcomm qca6574au firmware
- qualcomm qca6696 firmware
- qualcomm sa6145p firmware
- qualcomm sa6150p firmware
- qualcomm sa6155p firmware
- qualcomm sa8145p firmware
- qualcomm sa8150p firmware
- qualcomm sa8155p firmware
- qualcomm sa8195p firmware
- qualcomm snapdragon 8 gen 1 firmware
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
platform/frameworks/nativeAndroid |
SoCVersion:0 up to SoCVersion:2023-07-05, plus listed versions SoCVersion |
SoCVersion:2023-07-05 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-21641 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.6) in Qualcomm Fastconnect 6900 Firmware, published July 1, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.11%, the 1st percentile. Fixed in platform/frameworks/native SoCVersion:2023-07-05.