CVE-2024-34669
Published: 08 October 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-34669 is a high-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Samsung Android. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 10.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-34669 is an out-of-bounds write vulnerability (CWE-787) that occurs during parsing of H.263+ format data in the librtppayload.so library. It affects Samsung devices running versions prior to the October 2024 security maintenance release (SMR), allowing memory corruption in a media payload handling component.
Remote attackers can trigger the flaw to execute arbitrary code with system-level privileges. Exploitation requires user interaction, such as processing a malicious media stream or file, and carries high complexity per the CVSS vector, yet yields full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact when successful.
Samsung's October 2024 security bulletin addresses the issue through the SMR Oct-2024 Release 1 update, which patches librtppayload.so and is distributed via the company's standard monthly firmware rollout for supported devices.
The associated EPSS score remains flat at 0.0510 with no material increase observed since disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-34968
Vulnerability details
Out-of-bounds write in parsing h.263+ format in librtppayload.so prior to SMR Oct-2024 Release 1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with system privilege. User interaction is required for triggering this vulnerability.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
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.
Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.