# CVE-2024-29748: Android Pixel Privilege Escalation

> A logic error in Android allows local attackers to escalate privileges with user interaction, requiring a security patch.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Yes, since 4 Apr 2024 (CISA KEV)
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 5 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 21 Oct 2025
- **Also known as:** A-318507188, GHSA-w9xx-xhpg-c678, PUB-A-318507188

## What is CVE-2024-29748?

CVE-2024-29748 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 5 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

there is a possible way to bypass  due to a logic error in the code. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation.

Weakness: CWE-755 (Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions), CWE-280 (Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-29748?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Google Android.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-29748?

Apply the vendor's patch. US federal agencies must fix it by 25 Apr 2024.

## Is CVE-2024-29748 being exploited?

Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2024-29748 in the wild since at least 4 Apr 2024.

## Other vulnerabilities in Google Android

- [CVE-2026-58704](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-58704/): Google Pixel Improper Authorization (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-48543](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-48543/): Android Runtime Use-After-Free (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2023-35674](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-35674/): Android Framework Privilege Escalation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-48595](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-48595/): Android Framework Integer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-32896](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-32896/): Android Pixel Privilege Escalation (high 8.1, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-29748 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-29748 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 5 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2024-29748 in the wild since at least 4 Apr 2024.

Affected product: Google Android. 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-2024-29748/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-29748/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-29748
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29748
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-29748

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-29748/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.