CVE-2024-23712 Denial of service in Android

What is CVE-2024-23712?

CVE-2024-23712 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 AppOpsService.java, there is a possible way to saturate the content of /data/system/appops_accesses.xml 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.

Weakness: CWE-400

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-23712?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2024-23712?

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-2024-23712 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-23712 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as A-304983146, ASB-A-304983146, GHSA-vq69-6gcm-2ff7.