What is CVE-2024-56188?

CVE-2024-56188 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.1/10. Published 2025-03-10.

How severe is CVE-2024-56188?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.1 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Google Android

CVE-2024-56188

there is a possible way to crash the modem due to a missing null check. This could lead to remote denial of service with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Published 2025-03-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.001 (1.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 1st percentile — 1.0% 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 Android kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2025-03-01 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-56188?: CVE-2024-56188 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.1/10. Published 2025-03-10.
How severe is CVE-2024-56188?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.1 out of 10.