Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-50600

Memory Safety in Samsung Exynos 980 Firmware

Published
06 March 2025
Modified
01 July 2025
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 7.5
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0039 32th percentile
Risk Priority 57 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2024-50600 is a high-severity Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) vulnerability in Samsung Exynos 980 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 32th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SA-8 (Security and Privacy Engineering Principles) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary

Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.

CVE-2024-50600 is a vulnerability in Samsung Mobile Processor and Wearable Processor models Exynos 980, 850, 1080, 1280, 1330, 1380, 1480, W920, W930, and W1000. It stems from a lack of boundary check in the STOP_KEEP_ALIVE_OFFLOAD functionality within the Wi-Fi driver, resulting in out-of-bounds access (CWE-125). The issue carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H), highlighting its potential for significant impact.

A remote attacker without privileges or user interaction can exploit this vulnerability by sending a malformed message to the target device through the Wi-Fi driver. Successful exploitation leads to out-of-bounds access, which disrupts availability by causing crashes or denial of service, though it does not compromise confidentiality or integrity.

Samsung provides product security updates and mitigation guidance on their semiconductor support page at https://semiconductor.samsung.com/support/quality-support/product-security-updates/. Security practitioners should check this resource for patches applicable to affected Exynos processors in Samsung mobile and wearable devices.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

An issue was discovered in Samsung Mobile Processor and Wearable Processor Exynos 980, 850, 1080, 1280, 1330, 1380, 1480, W920, W930, and W1000. Lack of a boundary check in STOP_KEEP_ALIVE_OFFLOAD leads to out-of-bounds access. An attacker can send a malformed…

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message to the target through the Wi-Fi driver.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution Execution
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in client applications to execute code.
T1210 Exploitation of Remote Services Lateral Movement
Adversaries may exploit remote services to gain unauthorized access to internal systems once inside of a network.
T1211 Exploitation for Stealth Stealth
Adversaries may exploit vulnerabilities to evade detection by hiding activity, suppressing logging, or operating within trusted or unmonitored components.
T1212 Exploitation for Credential Access Credential Access
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to collect credentials.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

samsung
exynos 980 firmware
all versions
samsung
exynos 850 firmware
all versions
samsung
exynos 1080 firmware
all versions
samsung
exynos 1280 firmware
all versions
samsung
exynos 1330 firmware
all versions
samsung
exynos 1380 firmware
all versions
samsung
exynos 1480 firmware
all versions
samsung
exynos w920 firmware
all versions
samsung
exynos w930 firmware
all versions
samsung
exynos w1000 firmware
all versions

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

Developer testing and evaluation directly finds out-of-bounds read flaws through static analysis, fuzzing, and dynamic bounds checks.

Secure engineering principles require bounds checking and memory-safe constructs that stop out-of-bounds reads from being introduced.

Process isolation confines the effects of an out-of-bounds read to the compromised process.

Input validation rejects malformed indices or lengths that would otherwise cause reads outside buffer bounds.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure-development practices such as bounds checking and memory-safe languages directly prevent out-of-bounds reads.

ID.RA-01 partial match
prevents

Vulnerability scanning and recording can discover instances of out-of-bounds reads after code is deployed.

PR.PS-02 partial match
prevents

Routine patching replaces vulnerable code containing out-of-bounds read flaws.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

finds

Security testing in development and acceptance includes fuzzing and static analysis that detect out-of-bounds read defects before release.

A.8.15 Logging partial match
finds

Logging can record evidence of an out-of-bounds read but does not prevent the weakness itself.

prevents

Secure development life cycle mandates input validation and bounds checking that directly prevent out-of-bounds reads.

prevents

Application security requirements include explicit bounds and memory-safety specifications that mitigate buffer over-reads.

prevents

Secure system architecture and engineering principles require memory-safe design patterns and runtime protections against out-of-bounds access.

prevents

Secure coding standards explicitly forbid unsafe pointer arithmetic and mandate bounds-checked reads, eliminating CWE-125.

References