Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-28818

Medium

Published: 05 June 2024

Published
05 June 2024
Modified
14 March 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0033 56.0th percentile
Risk Priority 12 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-28818 is a medium-severity Improper Access Control (CWE-284) vulnerability in Samsung Exynos 980 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 5.9 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 44.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An issue was discovered in Samsung Mobile Processor, Wearable Processor, and Modem Exynos 980, Exynos 990, Exynos 1080, Exynos 2100, Exynos 2200, Exynos 1280, Exynos 1380, Exynos 1330, Exynos 2400, Exynos Modem 5123, Exynos Modem 5300. The baseband software does…

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not properly check states specified by the RRC (Radio Resource Control) module. This can lead to disclosure of sensitive information.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

samsung
exynos 980 firmware
all versions
samsung
exynos 990 firmware
all versions
samsung
exynos 1080 firmware
all versions
samsung
exynos 2100 firmware
all versions
samsung
exynos 2200 firmware
all versions
samsung
exynos 1280 firmware
all versions
samsung
exynos 1380 firmware
all versions
samsung
exynos 1330 firmware
all versions
samsung
exynos 2400 firmware
all versions
samsung
exynos modem 5123 firmware
all versions
+1 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-284

The access control policy and procedures directly mandate and enforce proper access control mechanisms across the organization.

addresses: CWE-284

Device lock enforces restricted access until re-authentication, directly reducing unauthorized use of active sessions.

addresses: CWE-284

Supervision and review of access control activities directly detects and remediates improper access configurations or usages.

addresses: CWE-284

Explicitly identifying and documenting actions permitted without identification or authentication enforces proper access control boundaries by defining justified exceptions.

addresses: CWE-284

By automatically labeling outputs with security attributes, the control supports attribute-based enforcement and reduces exploitability of improper access control weaknesses.

addresses: CWE-284

Associating and retaining security attributes with data directly supports enforcement of access control decisions across storage, processing, and transmission.

addresses: CWE-284

Requiring prior authorization for each remote access type prevents improper access control over remote connections.

addresses: CWE-284

Requiring authorization of wireless access before allowing connections enforces proper access control for this access method.

References