What is CVE-2024-49740?

CVE-2024-49740 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-08-26.

How severe is CVE-2024-49740?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Google Android

CVE-2024-49740

In multiple locations, there is a possible crash loop due to resource exhaustion. This could lead to local denial of service with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published 2025-08-26 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.001 (0.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 1st percentile — 0.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.001 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Google Android — versions 12, 15.0, 14.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/bcb1316835dc31f33f0c3b409ee… (Product)
android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/services/Telephony/+/b1ab472f0f56146… (Product)
source.android.com/security/bulletin/2025-03-01 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-49740?: CVE-2024-49740 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-08-26.
How severe is CVE-2024-49740?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.