CVE-2021-41256

Medium

Description

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.8
Exploit probability—
ProductNextcloud News
PublishedNov 30, 2021
First seenNov 30, 2021
Weakness typeCWE-829CWE-829

How to fix

Update
  • nextcloud news0.9.9.63 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
nextcloud newsv < 0.9.9.630.9.9.63

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