CVE-2024-49422
Protection Mechanism Failure in bootloader prior to SMR Oct-2024 Release 1 allows physical...
Protection Mechanism Failure in bootloader prior to SMR Oct-2024 Release 1 allows physical attackers to reset lockscreen failure count by hardware fault injection. User interaction is required for triggering this vulnerability.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Protection Mechanism Failure in bootloader prior to SMR Oct-2024 Release 1 allows physical attackers to reset lockscreen failure count by hardware fault injection. User interaction is required for triggering this vulnerability.
- Record
CVE-2024-49422- CVSS 3.1
- 5.2 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-43770
Protection Mechanism Failure in bootloader prior to SMR Oct-2024 Release 1 allows physical attackers to reset lockscreen failure count by hardware fault injection. User interaction is required for triggering this vulnerability.
- Record
EUVD-2024-43770- CVSS 3.1
- 5.2 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-88xm-xppp-phhf
Protection Mechanism Failure in bootloader prior to SMR Oct-2024 Release 1 allows physical...
Protection Mechanism Failure in bootloader prior to SMR Oct-2024 Release 1 allows physical attackers to reset lockscreen failure count by hardware fault injection. User interaction is required for triggering this vulnerability.
- Record
GHSA-88xm-xppp-phhf- CVSS 3.1
- 5.2 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Protection Mechanism Failure in bootloader prior to SMR Oct-2024 Release 1 allows physical attackers to reset lockscreen failure count by hardware fault injection. User interaction is required for triggering this vulnerability.
- Record
CVE-2024-49422- CVSS 3.1
- 5.2 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 3.9 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-49422 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.2) in Samsung Android, published December 31, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.20%, the 10th percentile. No source names a fixed version.