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CVE-2024-34719

HIGH · 7.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-11-13
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 multiple locations, there is a possible permissions bypass due to a missing null check. 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-476

The code follows a pointer that is null, crashing the process. An attacker who can reliably trigger it turns the crash into a denial of service. The fix is checking for null before use and handling the failure path gracefully.

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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

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

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

Android 14 with May 2024 security patch level or later; Android 13 and 12 extended support releases with latest security updates

  1. Verify the current Android security patch level on the device via Settings > About Phone > Android version and Security patch level
  2. Apply the latest Android security update for your device model through Settings > System > Software Update or via carrier/OEM update mechanism
  3. Ensure the Bluetooth module is updated as part of the security patch (the fix addresses missing null checks in the Bluetooth permissions verification)
  4. After updating, verify the security patch level reflects the May 2024 or later security bulletin
Caveat None expected - this is a security patch for existing functionality with no behavioral changes

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

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