CVE-2023-40140

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.002 · 13 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.22% (13th) EPSS

CVSS 7.8 · high

Is it mine?

15 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

In android_view_InputDevice_create of android_view_InputDevice.cpp, there is a possible way to execute arbitrary code due to a use after free. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

cvss

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

7.8

010

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

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

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

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-416USprimary

affected products (15)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Google Android 11all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:google:android:11
Google Android 12all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:google:android:12
Google Android 12Lall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:google:android:12l
Google Android 13all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:google:android:13
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
Google Android≤ 13enisa_euvdEU
Google Android≤ 12enisa_euvdEU
Google Android≤ 12Lenisa_euvdEU
Google Android≤ 11enisa_euvdEU
google android= 11.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android= 12.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android= 12.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android= 13.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-2539Samsung Android: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-10-03csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Samsung Android ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen und seine Rechte zu erweitern.
WID-SEC-W-2023-2548Google Android: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-10-03csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Google Android ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erweitern, beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, Informationen offenzulegen oder einen Denial of Service Zustand herbeizuführen.
ASB-A-2740580822023-10-01vendor · osvUS
In android_view_InputDevice_create of android_view_InputDevice.cpp, there is a possible way to execute arbitrary code due to a use after free. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd osv cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-10-27modified 2026-06-17

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references (9)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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