# Android Pixel: 2 actively exploited vulnerabilities · pwn.watch

> CVE-2024-29745: Android Pixel contains an information disclosure vulnerability in the fastboot firmware used to support unlocking, flashing, and locking affected devices. CVE-2024-29748: Android Pixel contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows an attacker to interrupt a factory reset triggered by a device admin app. Added to the CISA KEV catalog on 2024-04-04.

Page: https://pwn.watch/i/android-pixel-cve-2024-29745-29748 · generated 2026-10-23T03:54:42.456Z

## Status
- Severity: high · status: closed · patch: patched
- Product: Android Pixel
- Started: 2024-04-04 · closed: 2024-04-04
- CVEs: CVE-2024-29745, CVE-2024-29748
- Affected: See vendor advisory (versions are not listed in the KEV record)
- Fixed in: See vendor advisory linked in sources

## Follow this incident
- RSS (one item per update): https://pwn.watch/i/android-pixel-cve-2024-29745-29748/feed.xml
- JSON Feed: https://pwn.watch/i/android-pixel-cve-2024-29745-29748/feed.json
- Full data (timeline, sources, posts, agentBrief): https://pwn.watch/i/android-pixel-cve-2024-29745-29748.json
- This file: https://pwn.watch/i/android-pixel-cve-2024-29745-29748/llms.txt

## Updates (newest first)
- 2024-04-04: CISA added CVE-2024-29745 to the KEV catalog (federal deadline 2024-04-25) (https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog)
- 2024-04-04: CISA added CVE-2024-29748 to the KEV catalog (federal deadline 2024-04-25) (https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog)

## Fix brief
# Security brief: Android Pixel: 2 actively exploited vulnerabilities

Source: https://pwn.watch/i/android-pixel-cve-2024-29745-29748 · status: closed (closed Apr 4, 2024) · severity: high · updated Apr 5, 2024

## Patch status
**PATCHED: fixed releases exist. Upgrade to a fixed version.**

## What it is
CVE-2024-29745: Android Pixel contains an information disclosure vulnerability in the fastboot firmware used to support unlocking, flashing, and locking affected devices. CVE-2024-29748: Android Pixel contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows an attacker to interrupt a factory reset triggered by a device admin app. Added to the CISA KEV catalog on 2024-04-04.

Severity detail: CVSS 7.8 (v3.1, CISA-ADP), actively exploited (CISA KEV)

- Product: Android Pixel
- CVE / advisory ids: CVE-2024-29745, CVE-2024-29748

## Affected versions
- See vendor advisory (versions are not listed in the KEV record)

## Check whether you're affected
No generic command applies (the product is a hosted service, appliance or desktop app). Check the installed version in its admin UI / About screen and compare with the versions above.

## Fix
Upgrade to one of these fixed versions (or later on the same branch):
- See vendor advisory linked in sources

After upgrading, re-run the checks above and redeploy/restart the affected services.

## Latest updates
- Apr 4, 2024: CISA added CVE-2024-29745 to the KEV catalog (federal deadline 2024-04-25)
- Apr 4, 2024: CISA added CVE-2024-29748 to the KEV catalog (federal deadline 2024-04-25)

## Advisories
- [Android advisory: CVE-2024-29745](https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/pixel/2024-04-01) (Android)
- [NVD: CVE-2024-29745](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29745) (NVD)
- [NVD: CVE-2024-29748](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29748) (NVD)
- [CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog](https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) (CISA)

## Caveats
Derived from the CISA KEV JSON feed (catalogVersion 2026.10.21); CVSS from the CVE record (cveawg.mitre.org). startedAt is the CVE publication date when it fell in 2024 before the KEV listing, else the KEV dateAdded; exploitation may have begun earlier. closedAt is the KEV listing date (a fix or mitigation was available then unless noted).

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