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Samsung phone users under attack, Google warns

ID: c7012bc5-d9e7-5220-8d8c-fa9c048f9cfe

STIX ID: report--c7012bc5-d9e7-5220-8d8c-fa9c048f9cfe

Feed Name: The Register (Security)

Threat Score
85/100

Date Published: 2024-10-24

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Jessica Lyons

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**Executive summary:** Google security researchers disclosed CVE-2024-44068, a use-after-free flaw in multiple Samsung Exynos processors (9820, 9825, 980, 990, 850, W920) with a CVSS score of 8.1 that has been chained in the wild to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in a privileged camera server process; Samsung issued a patch on October 7 and users are advised to update devices.

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