CVE-2024-40675 Denial of service in Android

High 7.5 Published Updated

A local attacker can cause a denial of service in Android via an infinite loop in Intent parsing without user interaction or elevated privileges.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2024-40675?

CVE-2024-40675 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Android, published on 28 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In parseUriInternal of Intent.java, there is a possible infinite loop due to improper input validation. This could lead to local denial of service with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Weakness: CWE-835

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-40675?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2024-40675?

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-2024-40675 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-40675 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as A-318683126, ASB-A-318683126, GHSA-wq23-xq9q-wf8w, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-40675.

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