Security News > 2021 > March > Google Patches Critical Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Android
Google this week announced the release of patches for 37 vulnerabilities as part of the Android security updates for March 2021, including a fix for a critical flaw in the System component.
Tracked as CVE-2021-0397 and affecting Android 8.1, 9, 10, and 11 releases, the security issue could allow an attacker to execute code remotely on a vulnerable device.
"The most severe of these issues is a critical security vulnerability in the System component that could enable a remote attacker using a specially crafted transmission to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process," Google explains.
The bug was addressed as part of the 2021-03-01 security patch level, which also brings patches for nine other issues, including six more in the System component, one affecting Android runtime, and two impacting Framework.
Google's March 2021 Android Security Bulletin also makes reference to a vulnerability included in Project Mainline components, namely CVE-2021-0390, which affects Wi-Fi. This week, Google also announced the release of security patches for 43 vulnerabilities affecting Pixel devices.
Pixel devices running a security patch level of 2021-03-05 or later have fixes for all bugs included in the March 2021 Android Security Bulletin and Pixel Update Bulletin.
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| DATE | CVE | VULNERABILITY TITLE | RISK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-10 | CVE-2021-0390 | Missing Authorization vulnerability in Google Android In various methods of WifiNetworkSuggestionsManager.java, there is a possible modification of suggested networks due to a missing permission check. | 4.6 |
| 2021-03-10 | CVE-2021-0397 | Double Free vulnerability in Google Android In sdp_copy_raw_data of sdp_discovery.cc, there is a possible system compromise due to a double free. | 7.5 |