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CVE-2024-23713

HIGH · 7.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-05-07
Patch available
A vendor patch is available. No clean upgrade release — apply the published patch.
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80/100
Remediation priority · High
Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
In migrateNotificationFilter of NotificationManagerService.java, there is a possible failure to persist notifications settings due to improper input validation. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis
How this class of weakness works · CWE-269

Privileges are granted, or fail to be dropped, incorrectly, so an action runs with more power than it should. An attacker who reaches that path inherits the excess privilege. The fix is least-privilege throughout, with explicit, checked transitions whenever privilege changes.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
AndroidOperating system
Affected:= 12.0= 12.1= 13.0= 14.0

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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dbcve · scoped
Patch available Apply the vendor patch
Recommended fix High confidence

Android 15.0 or later stable release with January 2024 or later security patch level

  1. 1. Check current Android version by going to Settings > About Phone > Android version
  2. 2. If running Android 12.0, 12.1, 13.0, or 14.0, check for available system updates in Settings > System > Software Update
  3. 3. Download and install the latest Android security patch update for your device
  4. 4. If available, upgrade to Android 15.0 which contains the fix for this vulnerability
  5. 5. After update, verify the fix by confirming the NotificationManagerService component has been patched
Caveat Major Android version upgrades may cause app compatibility issues; review app compatibility before upgrading

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