CVE-2024-0026 Denial of service in Android
A local attacker can cause persistent denial of service in Android via resource exhaustion in SnoozeHelper without user interaction or privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-0026?
CVE-2024-0026 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Android, published on 7 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In multiple functions of SnoozeHelper.java, there is a possible persistent denial of service due to resource exhaustion. This could lead to local denial of service with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0026?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2024-0026?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2024-0026 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0026 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as A-308414141, ASB-A-308414141, GHSA-qxxc-w5wg-5w4v.