CVE-2024-36971 — Android Kernel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE-2024-36971 (Android Kernel) is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog since 2024-08-07. Android contains an unspecified vulnerability in the kernel that allows for remote code execution. This… See the required fix, due date and advisories.

Exploitation status

CVE-2024-36971 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, added 2024-08-07. Android contains an unspecified vulnerability in the kernel that allows for remote code execution. This vulnerability resides in Linux Kernel and could impact other products, including but not limited to Android OS.

Advisory facts

Vendor or project
Android
Affected product
Kernel
Added to CISA KEV
2024-08-07
US federal remediation due date
2024-08-28
Ransomware association
Unknown
EPSS score
—
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-416

Remediation: the required action

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Wording published by CISA for this catalog entry. It is the baseline action, not a decision about your environment: whether this exposure matters for you depends on where the affected component runs, what it is exposed to and who owns it.

From advisory to a decision you can defend

A catalog entry tells you a vulnerability is being exploited somewhere. It does not tell you whether it matters in your estate, who owns the fix, or what evidence an auditor will ask for later. That is the work VulnTrek does: it takes findings from the tools you already run, decides which exposure actually matters, routes it to an owner, keeps remediation human-approved and retains the lineage as evidence.

Sourced from public upstream advisories (CISA KEV, ENISA EUVD, vendor PSIRTs) mirrored daily. Informational only — not a remediation decision, not legal advice, and the absence of a record is not evidence of safety.