CVE-2023-42538

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-11-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-125

Description

An improper input validation in saped_rec_silence in libsaped prior to SMR Nov-2023 Release 1 allows local attackers to cause out-of-bounds read and write.

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 (+69)

References

https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb?year=2023&month=11
https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb?year=2023&month=11

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