CVE-2024-40659

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-09-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-120

Description

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.

Affected products

Android: 14.0

References

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/modules/RemoteKeyProvisioning/+/c65dce4c6d8d54e47dce79a56e29e2223a2354e6
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2024-09-01

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