What is CVE-2024-20833?

CVE-2024-20833 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Android, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 4.1/10. Published 2024-03-05.

How severe is CVE-2024-20833?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-20833 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Use After Free in Samsung Android

CVE-2024-20833

Use after free vulnerability in pub_crypto_recv_msg prior to SMR Mar-2024 Release 1 due to race condition allows local attackers with system privilege to cause memory corruption.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

EPSS: 0.001 (1.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Samsung Android — versions 11.0, 12.0, 13.0
Samsung Mobile Devices — versions SMR Mar-2024 Release in Android 11, 12, 13, 14

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

mobile.security@samsung.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-20833?: CVE-2024-20833 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Android, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 4.1/10. Published 2024-03-05.
How severe is CVE-2024-20833?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-20833 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.