Local privilege escalation via unthrottled PiP resizing
Published Aug 15, 2024 · Updated Mar 25, 2025
Improper request throttling in Google Android 12, 12L, 13, and 14 allows local users to escalate privileges via PiP resizing. ActivityClientController accepts repeated aspect-ratio changes through setPictureInPictureParams without a per-app quota, flooding resize requests and freezing a PiP window. A local app can trigger the flaw without user interaction or additional execution privileges, leaving the PiP window unmovable and undeletable.
Summary
What happened
Improper request throttling in Google Android 12, 12L, 13, and 14 allows local users to escalate privileges via PiP resizing. ActivityClientController accepts repeated aspect-ratio changes through setPictureInPictureParams without a per-app quota, flooding resize requests and freezing a PiP window. A local app can trigger the flaw without user interaction or additional execution privileges, leaving the PiP window unmovable and undeletable.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-34737
- Published
- Aug 15, 2024
- Updated
- Mar 25, 2025
- Vendor
- Product
- Android
- Classifications
- T1404
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Aug 15, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 25, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=12
- Affected versionversion=12.0
- Affected versionversion=12l
- Affected versionversion=12L
- Affected versionversion=13
- Affected versionversion=13.0
- Affected versionversion=14
- Affected versionversion=14.0
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