# CVE-2024-20839: Missing authorization in Samsung Voice Recorder

> Physical attackers can access recording files on the lock screen due to improper access control in Samsung Voice Recorder.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qh2f-ppj6-8vgp

## What is CVE-2024-20839?

CVE-2024-20839 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Samsung Voice Recorder, published on 5 Mar 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Improper access control in Samsung Voice Recorder prior to versions 21.5.16.01 in Android 12 and Android 13, 21.4.51.02 in Android 14 allows physical attackers to access recording files on the lock screen.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-20839?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Samsung Voice Recorder.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-20839?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-20839 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-20839 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-20839 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Samsung Voice Recorder

- [CVE-2024-20840](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20840/): Auth bypass in Samsung Voice Recorder (medium 5.7)
- [CVE-2025-21063](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-21063/): Missing authorization in Samsung Voice Recorder (medium 4.6)
- [CVE-2024-49403](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49403/): Missing authorization in Samsung Voice Recorder (medium 4.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-20839 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-20839 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Samsung Voice Recorder, published on 5 Mar 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-20839 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Samsung Voice Recorder. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20839/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20839/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-20839
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-20839
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-20839

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20839/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.