Microphone-indicator suppression via stale AppOps state
Published Feb 16, 2024 · Updated Mar 13, 2025
Information disclosure in Android Framework 12, 12L, 13, and 14 allows local users to hide the microphone privacy indicator. AppOpsControllerImpl.setListening registers for future AppOps callbacks after SystemUI restarts but fails to query already-active recordings, leaving its active-item state empty. Exploitation requires user interaction and a SystemUI restart during an active recording; the recording continues without the expected privacy indication.
Summary
What happened
Information disclosure in Android Framework 12, 12L, 13, and 14 allows local users to hide the microphone privacy indicator. AppOpsControllerImpl.setListening registers for future AppOps callbacks after SystemUI restarts but fails to query already-active recordings, leaving its active-item state empty. Exploitation requires user interaction and a SystemUI restart during an active recording; the recording continues without the expected privacy indication.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-0019
- Published
- Feb 16, 2024
- Updated
- Mar 13, 2025
- Vendor
- Product
- Android
- Classifications
- CWE-732, T1562.006
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- Unavailable
Timeline
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- Feb 16, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 13, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=12
- Affected versionversion=12L
- Affected versionversion=13
- Affected versionversion=14
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