CVE-2024-40662

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: 2024-09-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-269

Description

In scheme of Uri.java, there is a possible way to craft a malformed Uri object due to improper input validation. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Affected products

Android: 12.0, 12.1, 13.0, 14.0

References

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/e7af00cafb52a25933ec4edb80c5111d42af0237
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2024-09-01

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