QID 630788

Date Published: 2022-04-19

QID 630788: Nextcloud News For Android Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

nextcloud news-android is an Android client for the Nextcloud news/feed reader app. In affected versions the Nextcloud News for Android app has a security issue by which a malicious application installed on the same device can send it an arbitrary Intent that gets reflected back, unintentionally giving read and write access to non-exported Content Providers in Nextcloud News for Android. Users should upgrade to version 0.9.9.63 or higher as soon as possible.

On successful exploitation, it could allow an attacker to execute code.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.1 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5.8 severity.
    • Solution
    Upgrade to the latest packages which contain a patch. Refer to CVE-2021-41256 to address this issue and obtain more information.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 630788

    CVE-2021-41256 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    CVE-2021-41256 Android URL Logo nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41256
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