# CVE-2024-34676: Memory corruption in Samsung Mobile Devices

> Local attackers can cause memory corruption via malicious subtitle files, potentially leading to code execution or privilege escalation on Samsung mobile devices.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 6 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qf7x-grg9-4j2x

## What is CVE-2024-34676?

CVE-2024-34676 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Samsung Android, published on 6 Nov 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

Out-of-bounds write in parsing subtitle file in libsubextractor.so prior to SMR Nov-2024 Release 1 allows local attackers to cause memory corruption. User interaction is required for triggering this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-34676?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Samsung Android.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-34676?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-34676 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-34676 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-34676 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Samsung Android

- [CVE-2025-21042](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-21042/): Samsung Mobile Devices Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-21043](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-21043/): Samsung Mobile Devices Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2021-25487](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25487/): Samsung Mobile Devices Out-of-Bounds Read (high 7.3, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2021-25394](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25394/): Samsung Mobile Devices Race Condition (medium 6.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2021-25395](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25395/): Samsung Mobile Devices Race Condition (medium 6.4, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-34676 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-34676 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Samsung Android, published on 6 Nov 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: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-34676 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Samsung 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-2024-34676/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-34676/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-34676
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-34676
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-34676

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-34676/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.