CVE-2024-29748
CVE-2024-29748 is a security flaw in Android Pixel, Google’s operating system for phones and tablets. Someone who already has a foothold can use Android Pixel to take full control of the machine. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added it to its catalog of flaws known to be used in attacks on 4 Apr 2024.[1]
Android Pixel is in things households have, such as phones, computers, browsers and everyday apps, so the fix matters at home as much as at work. Fixed in version 2024-04-05_patch of android.
Description
CISA calls it a privilege escalation in Android Pixel. In its words: “Android Pixel contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows an attacker to interrupt a factory reset triggered by a device admin app.”[1]
The CVE record adds: “there is a possible way to bypass 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 needed for exploitation.”[2]
The underlying weakness is CWE-280, in MITRE’s list of common software weaknesses.
It scores 7.8 out of 10 on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System, which rates it high, scored by NVD using CVSS 3.1.[2]
Affected versions
NVD’s record lists one fixed version: everything before it is affected.[2]
| Product | Fixed in |
|---|---|
| android | 2024-04-05_patch |
Every device with Android Pixel needs the update.
Exploitation
CISA added it to its catalog of known exploited vulnerabilities on 4 Apr 2024. CISA lists a flaw only when it has reliable evidence of it being exploited, and gave US federal agencies until 25 Apr 2024 to fix it.[1]
FIRST’s Exploit Prediction Scoring System, which estimates how likely a flaw is to be used in attacks in the next 30 days from what it sees across the internet, puts it at under 1%. That’s in the top 48% of the flaws it scores.[4]
CISA assesses it as not automatable: each attack takes some work.
CISA doesn’t say who was attacked, or how.
Fix
Android has published a fix or advice.[3] CISA’s required action: “Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.”[1]
- Update Android Pixel now.On Android: Settings, then System or Software update. Phones only get these fixes while their maker still supports them. Then turn on automatic updates, so the next fix arrives on its own.
- Check you’re on 2024-04-05_patch or later.Fixed in version 2024-04-05_patch of android. Anything older is what attackers are going after.
- If there’s no update, stop using it.CISA’s advice when a flaw being used in attacks has no fix is to stop using the product until it does.
Timeline
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| CISA adds it to its catalog of flaws known to be used in attacks.[1] | |
| The flaw is made public in the National Vulnerability Database, with a severity score of 7.8.[2] | |
| CISA’s deadline for US government agencies to fix it.[1] | |
| FIRST puts the odds of it being used in attacks in the next 30 days at under 1%.[4] |
See also
Other Android Pixel flaws
- CVE-2024-32896: privilege escalation ·
- CVE-2024-29745: information disclosure ·
- CVE-2023-21237: information disclosure ·
Other Android flaws
- CVE-2025-48595, Android Framework: integer overflow ·
- CVE-2025-48633, Android Framework: information disclosure ·
- CVE-2025-48572, Android Framework: privilege escalation ·
- CVE-2025-48543, Android Runtime: use-after-free ·
- CVE-2024-43093, Android Framework: privilege escalation ·
Added the same day
- CVE-2024-29745, Android Pixel: information disclosure ·
Every Android flaw on CISA’s list · Everything added in April 2024
References
- ^ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. “Android Pixel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability”. Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, added 4 Apr 2024.
- ^ National Institute of Standards and Technology. “CVE-2024-29748 Detail”. National Vulnerability Database, published 5 Apr 2024.
- ^ Android. Advisories and fixes: source.android.com, source.android.com.
- ^ FIRST. “Exploit Prediction Scoring System”. EPSS 0.007, percentile 52.2, 31 Oct 2026.
- CVE Program. “CVE-2024-29748”. The official CVE record.
This article is built from CISA’s catalog (version 2026.10.30), NVD’s record and FIRST’s scores, kept in HARD’s database and checked every morning. The plain English is HARD’s.