medium Known exploitedREV. 01
CVE-2024-29745Android Pixel — bootloader hands back uninitialized memory
The bootloader firmware that unlocks and flashes a Pixel returns memory it never cleared, so whatever was left there leaks to whoever can drive it. No extra privileges and no user interaction are needed.
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THE VITAL STATS- CVSS score
- 5.5/ 10 CVSS v3.1
- EPSS probability
- 0% Likelihood of exploitation
- Attack complexity
- Low Conditions needed to exploit
- Known exploited
- Yes — CISA KEV
- CVE published
- 2024-04-05
- Added to KEV
- 2024-04-04
- Exploit published
- Not recorded
- Confidence
- high
- Kill chain
- collection
- MITRE ATT&CK
- —
- Severity
- medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attacker needsThe attacker needs access to the device's bootloader interface.
Behind the card
4 REFERENCES- 01CVE recordNVD recordnvd.nist.gov
- 02CISACISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogcisa.gov
- 03Vendor advisorysource.android.comsource.android.com
- 04Writeuptwitter.comtwitter.com
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +
Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.
| Fields | Source | Retrieved | Extractor | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, references, published_at | nvd.nist.gov | 2026-09-24 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_added | cisa.gov | 2026-09-24 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| epss | api.first.org | 2026-09-24 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisites | nvd.nist.gov | 2026-09-24 | claude-code | high |
Printing history
THE RECORD- r1Initial base card
First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.