CVE-2023-35684

Paired-device privilege escalation via wrapped fragment length

Published Sep 11, 2023 · Updated Sep 26, 2024

Out-of-bounds write in Android 11, 12, 12L, and 13 allows attackers with a paired device to escalate privileges via Bluetooth AVDTP. The avdt_msg_asmbl bounds check added the receive offset and fragment length without widening them to size_t, allowing the computed length to wrap before comparison with the buffer capacity. Exploitation requires a paired Bluetooth device but no user interaction or additional execution privileges, and it can corrupt memory beyond the reassembly buffer.

CVSS severity8.8
High
EPSS probability0.17%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Out-of-bounds write in Android 11, 12, 12L, and 13 allows attackers with a paired device to escalate privileges via Bluetooth AVDTP. The avdt_msg_asmbl bounds check added the receive offset and fragment length without widening them to size_t, allowing the computed length to wrap before comparison with the buffer capacity. Exploitation requires a paired Bluetooth device but no user interaction or additional execution privileges, and it can corrupt memory beyond the reassembly buffer.

The record

CVE
CVE-2023-35684
Published
Sep 11, 2023
Updated
Sep 26, 2024
Vendor
Google
Product
Android
Classifications
CWE-787, T1404
Attack vector
adjacent
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Sep 11, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Sep 26, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=11
  2. Affected versionversion=12
  3. Affected versionversion=12L
  4. Affected versionversion=13

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectoradjacent
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Google · Androidversion=11; version=12; version=12L; version=13

Published CVSS scores

8.8NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectoradjacent
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write
T1404Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

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