CVE-2021-0920

CRITICALNVD 6.49.0
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

“▲” beside the score: it is higher than NVD's CVSS score.

Score elevated to 9.0 because this CVE is listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-05-23), indicating real-world exploitation has been confirmed by US federal agencies. NVD baseline CVSS 6.4 retained for reference. The 9.0 is the floor for confirmed exploitation, not an impact rating: this CVE's impact severity (EG Severity) is CVSS 6.4 MEDIUM under GitHub Security Advisory CVSS. Confidence: HIGH.

Triggered by: CISA KEV (actively exploited)
Sources: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, NVD CVSS v3
Exploited in the wild

Also known asEUVD-2021-3539 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-r93f-j2vf-vmc4 (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD

9.0EG
EchelonGraph verdictPatch nowTreat as an emergency — this is being exploited.
  • Actively exploited in the wild (CISA-KEV) — the reason this is sooner than the SSVC decision on this page at low or medium mission impact
CISA-KEV: ExploitedEPSS PROB: 0.9%CVSS: 6.4Exploit: No code on recordExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

In unix_scm_to_skb of af_unix.c, there is a possible use after free bug due to a race condition. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android kernelAndroid ID: A-196926917References: Upstream kernel

CVSS v3
6.4
EG Score
9.0CRITICALhigh confidence
EG Risk
69
EG Risk 69/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity64% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 6.4 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation100% × 40%
Fixed at 100% for a CISA KEV listing: EchelonGraph's rule.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: no (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low, Attend at medium and Act at high mission impact.
Exploitation active (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low, sooner than that at medium and as soon as possible at high mission impact.
EPSS PROB
0.9%
EPSS %ILE
59th
KEV
⚠ Exploited

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (9.0): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 9.0 is the CISA KEV floor for confirmed exploitation, not an impact rating: its impact severity (EG Severity) is CVSS 6.4 MEDIUM.

EG Severity
6.4 MEDIUMCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
EG Likelihood
0.9% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-11-12). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
CISA KEV and EG-KEV Tier 1 (exploited in the wild)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Attend at medium mission impactTrack at low, Attend at medium and Act at high mission impact.CISA BOD 26-04: 3 days & forensic triage if the affected system is publicly exposed; 14 days if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low, Attend at medium and Act at high mission impact.

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low, sooner than that at medium and as soon as possible at high mission impact.

Exploitation active (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)3 days & forensic triage if the affected system is publicly exposed; 14 days if it is not.

The score's inputs: In CISA KEV yes (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

CISA required action“Apply updates per vendor instructions.”

Quoted verbatim from CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. CISA directs it at US federal civilian executive branch agencies under Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 26-04, which replaced BOD 22-01 on 10 June 2026; it is not EchelonGraph's advice. CISA's notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-0920

Published

December 15, 2021

Last Modified

October 23, 2025

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Nov 13, 2026
⚠️ Actively exploited (CISA KEV, CISA Vulnrichment). Patch available. Sources: cisa.
CISA🔴 Active Exploitation

Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog | CISA

Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog | CISA. Listed in CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-0920
Web page

Android Security Bulletin—November 2021  |  Android Open Source Project

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2021-11-01
Web pageMentions a patch (unverified)

[SECURITY] [DLA 2843-1] linux security update

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00012.html

Patch Availability(19)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulinux-image-lowlatency (4.4.0.223.230) @ xenial2026-11-02ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual (3.13.0.207.217) @ trusty2026-11-02ubuntu
redhatkernel-0:2.6.32-754.47.1.el62022-04-19redhat
redhatkpatch-patch2022-04-13redhat
redhatkernel-0:3.10.0-1062.66.1.el72022-04-12redhat
redhatredhat-virtualization-host-0:4.3.22-20220330.1.el7_92022-04-07redhat
redhatkernel-0:3.10.0-693.99.1.el72022-03-29redhat
redhatkernel-0:3.10.0-514.99.1.el72022-03-29redhat
redhatkernel-0:3.10.0-957.92.1.el72022-03-29redhat
redhatredhat-virtualization-host-0:4.4.10-202203101736_8.52022-03-14redhat
redhatkernel-0:4.18.0-147.64.1.el8_12022-03-10redhat
redhatkernel-0:4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_52022-03-10redhat
redhatkernel-rt-0:4.18.0-348.20.1.rt7.150.el8_52022-03-10redhat
redhatkernel-rt-0:4.18.0-305.40.1.rt7.112.el8_42022-03-08redhat
redhatkernel-0:4.18.0-305.40.1.el8_42022-03-08redhat
redhatkernel-0:3.10.0-1160.59.1.el72022-02-22redhat
redhatkernel-rt-0:4.18.0-193.75.1.rt13.125.el8_22022-02-22redhat
redhatkernel-0:4.18.0-193.75.1.el8_22022-02-22redhat
redhatkernel-rt-0:3.10.0-1160.59.1.rt56.1200.el72022-02-22redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(5 across 5 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux5.10.46-4, 5.10.46-5, 5.10.70-1~bpo10+1
  • every version up to 5.10.70-1: fixed in 5.10.70-1
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Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux—
  • every version up to 5.14.6-1: fixed in 5.14.6-1
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Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux—
  • every version up to 5.14.6-1: fixed in 5.14.6-1
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Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux—
  • every version up to 5.14.6-1: fixed in 5.14.6-1
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Debian:9(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux4.9.107-1 ... 4.9.88-1~bpo8+1 (68 versions)
  • every version up to 4.9.290-1: fixed in 4.9.290-1
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Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(5)

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 20× in last 7d / 89× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed its CVE.org record (CNA or CISA ADP). An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). "EchelonGraph re-scored" is our own recompute of this CVE's score, not an update from a source, and is not counted in the refreshes above. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 2,153 rows on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. None are among the latest 100 rows. The 2,053 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-11-13 16:40 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.9% · 59th percentile
  2. 2026-11-12 22:51 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  3. 2026-11-12 22:51 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r93f-j2vf-vmc4 · GitHub severity MODERATE · GitHub CVSS 6.4
  4. 2026-11-12 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.9% · 59th percentile
  5. 2026-11-11 23:04 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  6. 2026-11-11 23:04 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-11-11 23:04 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r93f-j2vf-vmc4 · GitHub severity MODERATE · GitHub CVSS 6.4
  8. 2026-11-11 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.9% · 59th percentile
  9. 2026-11-10 23:17 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  10. 2026-11-10 23:17 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-11-10 23:17 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r93f-j2vf-vmc4 · GitHub severity MODERATE · GitHub CVSS 6.4
  12. 2026-11-10 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.9% · 59th percentile
  13. 2026-11-09 23:30 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  14. 2026-11-09 23:30 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-11-09 23:30 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r93f-j2vf-vmc4 · GitHub severity MODERATE · GitHub CVSS 6.4
  16. 2026-11-09 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.9% · 58th percentile
  17. 2026-11-08 23:44 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  18. 2026-11-08 23:44 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-11-08 23:44 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r93f-j2vf-vmc4 · GitHub severity MODERATE · GitHub CVSS 6.4
  20. 2026-11-08 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.9% · 58th percentile
  21. 2026-11-07 23:57 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  22. 2026-11-07 23:57 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-11-07 23:57 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r93f-j2vf-vmc4 · GitHub severity MODERATE · GitHub CVSS 6.4
  24. 2026-11-07 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.9% · 58th percentile
  25. 2026-11-07 00:09 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
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  1. 2026-11-07 00:09 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-11-07 00:09 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r93f-j2vf-vmc4 · GitHub severity MODERATE · GitHub CVSS 6.4
  3. 2026-11-06 16:30 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.9% · 58th percentile
  4. 2026-11-06 00:21 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  5. 2026-11-06 00:21 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-11-06 00:21 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r93f-j2vf-vmc4 · GitHub severity MODERATE · GitHub CVSS 6.4
  7. 2026-11-05 16:30 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.9% · 58th percentile
  8. 2026-11-05 00:35 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  9. 2026-11-05 00:35 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-11-05 00:35 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r93f-j2vf-vmc4 · GitHub severity MODERATE · GitHub CVSS 6.4
  11. 2026-11-04 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.9% · 58th percentile
  12. 2026-11-04 00:48 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  13. 2026-11-04 00:48 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-11-04 00:48 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r93f-j2vf-vmc4 · GitHub severity MODERATE · GitHub CVSS 6.4
  15. 2026-11-03 16:37 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.9% · 58th percentile
  16. 2026-11-03 14:55 UTCOSV refresh
  17. 2026-11-03 01:02 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  18. 2026-11-03 01:02 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-11-03 01:01 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r93f-j2vf-vmc4 · GitHub severity MODERATE · GitHub CVSS 6.4
  20. 2026-11-02 16:37 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.9% · 58th percentile
  21. 2026-11-02 01:14 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  22. 2026-11-02 01:14 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-11-02 01:14 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r93f-j2vf-vmc4 · GitHub severity MODERATE · GitHub CVSS 6.4
  24. 2026-11-01 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.9% · 58th percentile
  25. 2026-11-01 01:26 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  26. 2026-11-01 01:26 UTCVendor advisory
  27. 2026-11-01 01:26 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r93f-j2vf-vmc4 · GitHub CVSS 6.4
  28. 2026-10-31 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.9% · 58th percentile
  29. 2026-10-31 01:39 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  30. 2026-10-31 01:39 UTCVendor advisory
  31. 2026-10-31 01:39 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r93f-j2vf-vmc4 · GitHub CVSS 6.4
  32. 2026-10-30 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.9% · 58th percentile
  33. 2026-10-30 01:52 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  34. 2026-10-30 01:52 UTCVendor advisory
  35. 2026-10-30 01:52 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r93f-j2vf-vmc4 · GitHub CVSS 6.4
  36. 2026-10-29 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.9% · 58th percentile
  37. 2026-10-29 02:06 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  38. 2026-10-29 02:06 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r93f-j2vf-vmc4 · GitHub CVSS 6.4
  39. 2026-10-28 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.9% · 58th percentile
  40. 2026-10-28 02:19 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  41. 2026-10-28 02:19 UTCVendor advisory
  42. 2026-10-28 02:19 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r93f-j2vf-vmc4 · GitHub CVSS 6.4
  43. 2026-10-27 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.9% · 58th percentile
  44. 2026-10-27 02:32 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  45. 2026-10-27 02:32 UTCVendor advisory
  46. 2026-10-27 02:31 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r93f-j2vf-vmc4 · GitHub CVSS 6.4
  47. 2026-10-26 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.9% · 58th percentile
  48. 2026-10-26 02:44 UTCVendor advisory
  49. 2026-10-26 02:43 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r93f-j2vf-vmc4 · GitHub CVSS 6.4
  50. 2026-10-25 18:37 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  51. 2026-10-25 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.9% · 58th percentile
  52. 2026-10-25 02:56 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  53. 2026-10-25 02:56 UTCVendor advisory
  54. 2026-10-25 02:56 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r93f-j2vf-vmc4 · GitHub CVSS 6.4
  55. 2026-10-24 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.9% · 58th percentile
  56. 2026-10-24 03:09 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  57. 2026-10-24 03:09 UTCVendor advisory
  58. 2026-10-24 03:09 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r93f-j2vf-vmc4 · GitHub CVSS 6.4
  59. 2026-10-23 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.9% · 58th percentile
  60. 2026-10-23 03:22 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  61. 2026-10-23 03:22 UTCVendor advisory
  62. 2026-10-23 03:22 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r93f-j2vf-vmc4 · GitHub CVSS 6.4
  63. 2026-10-22 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.9% · 58th percentile
  64. 2026-10-22 03:33 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  65. 2026-10-22 03:33 UTCVendor advisory
  66. 2026-10-22 03:33 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r93f-j2vf-vmc4 · GitHub CVSS 6.4
  67. 2026-10-21 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.9% · 58th percentile
  68. 2026-10-21 03:46 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  69. 2026-10-21 03:46 UTCVendor advisory
  70. 2026-10-21 03:46 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r93f-j2vf-vmc4 · GitHub CVSS 6.4
  71. 2026-10-20 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.9% · 58th percentile
  72. 2026-10-20 03:58 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  73. 2026-10-20 03:58 UTCVendor advisory
  74. 2026-10-20 03:58 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-r93f-j2vf-vmc4 · GitHub CVSS 6.4
  75. 2026-10-19 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.9% · 58th percentile

Frequently asked(6)

What is CVE-2021-0920?
CVE-2021-0920 is a critical-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on December 15, 2021. In unix_scm_to_skb of af_unix.c, there is a possible use after free bug due to a race condition. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android kernelAndroid ID:…
When was the CVE record for CVE-2021-0920 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2021-0920 was published on December 15, 2021. That is the record's publication date; the vulnerability itself may have been made public earlier. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of October 23, 2025; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2021-0920 actively exploited?
Yes. CISA added CVE-2021-0920 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on May 23, 2022, affecting Android Kernel. KEV listing indicates confirmed exploitation in the wild; this CVE warrants immediate attention. A fix is available. Apply it.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2021-0920?
CVE-2021-0920 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.4 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 9.0 (CRITICAL).
Which products are affected by CVE-2021-0920?
CVE-2021-0920 affects Android Kernel. The affected packages EchelonGraph has on record, with version ranges, are listed in the Affected Packages section of this page.
How do I remediate CVE-2021-0920?
A fix for CVE-2021-0920 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2021-0920 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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