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CVE-2012-2980

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-08-21 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-255

Description

The Samsung and HTC onTouchEvent method implementation for Android on the T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide, HTC Merge, Sprint EVO Shift 4G, HTC ChaCha, AT&T Status, HTC Desire Z, T-Mobile G2, T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide, and Samsung Galaxy S stores touch coordinates in the dmesg buffer, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, as demonstrated by PIN numbers, telephone numbers, and text messages.

Affected products

• Att Status: all versions
• HTC Chacha: all versions
• HTC Desire: all versions
• HTC Merge: all versions
• Samsung Galaxy S: all versions
• Sprint Evo Shift 4G: all versions
• T-Mobile G2: all versions
• T-Mobile Mytouch 3G Slide: all versions
• T-Mobile Mytouch 4G Slide: all versions

References

• http://www.htc.com/www/help/app-security-fix/
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/251635
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MAPG-8R5LD6
• http://www.htc.com/www/help/app-security-fix/
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/251635
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MAPG-8R5LD6

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