CVE-2024-40660

State: Published
Severity: 7.8 High
Published: Nov 13, 2024
Updated: Nov 16, 2024
Reserved: Jul 8, 2024

Description

In setTransactionState of SurfaceFlinger.cpp, there is a possible way to change protected display attributes 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 not needed for exploitation.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions

Affected Products

Product	Versions
AndroidGoogle	15Affected 14Affected

References

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/native/+/064ce6e3235b6318be1e41f1bac9595a98e4aafa
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/native/+/b6ddf525be3c2abbde59ae1533494b18a7961087
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2024-11-01

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