CVE-2023-40116

Published: Oct 27, 2023

Modified: May 5, 2025

PUBLISHED

Description

In onTaskAppeared of PipTaskOrganizer.java, there is a possible way to bypass background activity launch restrictions due to a logic error in the code. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Google	Android	affected `12L` affected `12` affected `11`

References

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/18c3b194642f3949d09e48c21da5658fa04994c8

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2023-10-01

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CVE-2023-40116

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