CVE-2024-20901 Memory corruption in Samsung Mobile Devices

What is CVE-2024-20901?

CVE-2024-20901 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Samsung Android, published on 2 Jul 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Improper input validation in copying data to buffer cache in libsaped prior to SMR Jul-2024 Release 1 allows local attackers to write out-of-bounds memory.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-20901?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Samsung Android.

How do I fix CVE-2024-20901?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-20901 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2024-20901 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-20901 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2021-25487 Samsung Mobile Devices Out-of-Bounds Read Exploited High 7.3
• CVE-2021-25394 Samsung Mobile Devices Race Condition Exploited Medium 6.4
• CVE-2021-25395 Samsung Mobile Devices Race Condition Exploited Medium 6.4

All Samsung Android vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-gx7h-6gpw-mrqc.