CVE-2023-21492

mediumpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.026 · 85 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP0 · Act now

Exploitable?

Yes · in the wild

CISA KEV

Likely / severe?

2.55% (85th) EPSS

CVSS 4.4 · medium

Is it mine?

8 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

added 2023-05-19remediate by 2023-06-09

required action Apply updates per vendor instructions.

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Samsung Mobile Devices Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Log File Vulnerability

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

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

4.4

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.14.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 0.8 · impact 3.6

v3.14.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.14.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · mobile.security@samsung.comexploitability 0.8 · impact 3.6

v3.14.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-532USprimary

affected products (8)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Samsung Android 11all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:samsung:android:11
Samsung Android 12all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:samsung:android:12
Samsung Android 13all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:samsung:android:13
Samsung Exynos CP chipsetsall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:samsung:exynos:cp_chipsets
Samsung Mobile Samsung Mobile DevicesSelected Android 11, 12, 13 devices → SMR May-2023 Release 1enisa_euvdEU
samsung android= 11.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:samsung:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samsung android= 12.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:samsung:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samsung android= 13.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:samsung:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-1117Samsung Android und Samsung Exynos: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-05-01csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Samsung Android und Samsung Exynos ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, seine Privilegien zu erweitern und Daten zu manipulieren.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-05-04modified 2026-06-17

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references (5)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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