What is the CVSS score of CVE-2024-44068?

CVE-2024-44068 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.1 (High). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 1.0%.

Exynos 9820 Firmware CVE-2024-44068

HIGH

Use After Free (CWE-416)

2024-10-07 cve@mitre.org

Privilege Escalation Use After Free Samsung Memory Corruption Exynos 9820 Firmware Exynos 9825 Firmware Exynos 980 Firmware Exynos 990 Firmware Exynos 850 Firmware Exynos W920 Firmware

8.1

CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: mitre

Severity by source

Vendor (mitre) PRIMARY

8.1 HIGH

AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Primary rating from Vendor (mitre) · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorVendor: mitre

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Oct 07, 2024 - 19:15 cve.org

HIGH 8.1

DescriptionCVE.org

An issue was discovered in the m2m scaler driver in Samsung Mobile Processor and Wearable Processor Exynos 9820, 9825, 980, 990, 850,and W920. A Use-After-Free in the mobile processor leads to privilege escalation.

AnalysisAI

An issue was discovered in the m2m scaler driver in Samsung Mobile Processor and Wearable Processor Exynos 9820, 9825, 980, 990, 850,and W920. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Use After Free (CWE-416), which allows attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application. An issue was discovered in the m2m scaler driver in Samsung Mobile Processor and Wearable Processor Exynos 9820, 9825, 980, 990, 850,and W920. A Use-After-Free in the mobile processor leads to privilege escalation. Affected products include: Samsung Exynos 9820 Firmware, Samsung Exynos 9825 Firmware, Samsung Exynos 980 Firmware, Samsung Exynos 990 Firmware, Samsung Exynos 850 Firmware.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Use smart pointers or garbage-collected languages. Set pointers to NULL after freeing. Enable memory sanitizers.