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CVE-2021-39764

In Settings, there is a possible way to display an incorrect app name due to improper input...

7.8 High

In Settings, there is a possible way to display an incorrect app name due to improper input validation. This could lead to local escalation of privilege via app spoofing with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-12LAndroid ID: A-170642995

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.33%Down 2.2 points since Mar 31, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.8

In Settings, there is a possible way to display an incorrect app name due to improper input validation. This could lead to local escalation of privilege via app spoofing with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-12LAndroid ID: A-170642995

Record
CVE-2021-39764
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
6.8 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

In Settings, there is a possible way to display an incorrect app name due to improper input validation. This could lead to local escalation of privilege via app spoofing with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-12LAndroid ID: A-170642995

Record
CVE-2021-39764
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-26121 No score

In Settings, there is a possible way to display an incorrect app name due to improper input validation. This could lead to local escalation of privilege via app spoofing with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-12LAndroid ID: A-170642995

Record
EUVD-2021-26121
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pmm8-gv2p-645q 7.8

In Settings, there is a possible way to display an incorrect app name due to improper input...

In Settings, there is a possible way to display an incorrect app name due to improper input validation. This could lead to local escalation of privilege via app spoofing with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-12LAndroid ID: A-170642995

Record
GHSA-pmm8-gv2p-645q
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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In short

CVE-2021-39764 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Google Android, published March 30, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.33%, the 26th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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