What is CVE-2024-44068?

CVE-2024-44068 is a high-severity vulnerability in Samsung Exynos 850, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2024-10-07.

How severe is CVE-2024-44068?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-44068 known to be exploited?

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

Use After Free in Samsung Exynos 850

CVE-2024-44068

An issue was discovered in the m2m scaler driver in Samsung Mobile Processor and Wearable Processor Exynos 9820, 9825, 980, 990, 850,and W920. A Use-After-Free in the mobile processor leads to privilege escalation.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

Published 2024-10-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (62.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 62nd percentile — 62.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

semiconductor.samsung.com/support/quality-support/product-security-updates/ (Vendor Advisory)
semiconductor.samsung.com/support/quality-support/product-security-updates/cve-… (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-44068?: CVE-2024-44068 is a high-severity vulnerability in Samsung Exynos 850, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2024-10-07.
How severe is CVE-2024-44068?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-44068 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.