High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 14, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2023-21269

Description

In startActivityInner of ActivityStarter.java, there is a possible way to launch an activity into PiP mode from the background due to BAL bypass. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

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Affected products

Google/Androidllm-fuzzy2 versions
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Patches

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References

android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/70ec64dc5a2a816d6aa324190a726a85fd749b30nvdPatch
source.android.com/security/bulletin/2023-08-01nvdPatchVendor Advisory

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