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CVE-2024-40660

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 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: 2024-11-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-276

Description

In setTransactionState of SurfaceFlinger.cpp, there is a possible way to change protected display attributes due to a logic error in the code. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Affected products

• Android: 14.0, 15.0

References

• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/native/+/064ce6e3235b6318be1e41f1bac9595a98e4aafa
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/native/+/b6ddf525be3c2abbde59ae1533494b18a7961087
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2024-11-01

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