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CVE-2023-21492: Samsung Mobile Devices Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Log File Vulnerability

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2023-05-19
• EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-05-04 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-532

Description

Kernel pointers are printed in the log file prior to SMR May-2023 Release 1 allows a privileged local attacker to bypass ASLR.

Affected products

• Samsung Android: 11.0, 11.0-smr-apr-2021-r1, 11.0-smr-apr-2022-r1, 11.0-smr-apr-2023-r1, 11.0-smr-aug-2021-r1, 11.0-smr-aug-2022-r1 (+62)

References

• https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb?year=2023&month=05
• https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb?year=2023&month=05
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-21492

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