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medium 5.5

CVE-2024-40659 json

In getRegistration of RemoteProvisioningService.java, there is a possible way to permanently disable the AndroidKeyStore key generation fea…

published 2y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2024-38563

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.1%
EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 0%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In getRegistration of RemoteProvisioningService.java, there is a possible way to permanently disable the AndroidKeyStore key generation feature by updating the attestation keys of all installed apps due to improper input validation. This could lead to local denial of service with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Patch / fix

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2y ago

Exploit prediction

0.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 0% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Google Android

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input

References

Sources

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