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ubuntu-cve-2021-0308

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2021-01-11 22:15

Modified

2025-10-24 04:49

Summary

Details

In ReadLogicalParts of basicmbr.cc, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Product: Android; Versions: Android-8.1, Android-9, Android-10, Android-11, Android-8.0; Android ID: A-158063095.

Severity

6.8 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)

low

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-0308	REPORT
	https://sourceforge.net/p/gptfdisk/code/ci/f523bb…	REPORT
	https://android.googlesource.com/platform/externa…	REPORT
	https://sourceforge.net/p/gptfdisk/mailman/messag…	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5262-1	ADVISORY
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-0308	REPORT

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            "binary_version": "0.8.8-1ubuntu0.1"
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  "modified": "2025-10-24T04:49:05Z",
  "published": "2021-01-11T22:15:00Z",
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CVE-2021-0308 (GCVE-0-2021-0308)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-01-11 21:46 – Updated: 2024-08-03 15:32

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Elevation of privilege

Assigner

google_android

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2021-01-01	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-03	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
n/a	Android	Affected: Android-8.1 Affected: Android-9 Affected: Android-10 Affected: Android-11 Affected: Android-8.0

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usn-5262-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2022-02-03 20:32

Modified

2026-06-25 10:46

Summary

gdisk vulnerabilities

Details

The potential for an out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check was discovered to impact the sgdisk utility of GPT fdisk. Exploitation requires the use of a maliciously formatted storage device and could cause sgdisk to crash as well as possibly allow for local privilege escalation.

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5262-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-0256	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-0308	REPORT

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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ubuntu-cve-2021-0308

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2021-0308 (GCVE-0-2021-0308)

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Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

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