CVE-2024-49422 Security feature bypass in Samsung Mobile Devices

Medium 5.2 Published Updated

Physical attackers can bypass lockscreen security by resetting failure counts via hardware fault injection on Samsung mobile devices.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-49422?

CVE-2024-49422 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Android, published on 31 Dec 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

Protection Mechanism Failure in bootloader prior to SMR Oct-2024 Release 1 allows physical attackers to reset lockscreen failure count by hardware fault injection. User interaction is required for triggering this vulnerability.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-49422?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Samsung Android.

How do I fix CVE-2024-49422?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-49422 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2024-49422 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-49422 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Samsung Android vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-88xm-xppp-phhf.

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