CVE-2023-21492
Medium 4.4 Exploited in the wild (KEV)
Confirmed active exploitation — CISA KEV catalog
- Name
- Samsung Mobile Devices Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Log File Vulnerability
- Added to catalog
- Remediation due date (US federal)
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Description
Kernel pointers are printed in the log file prior to SMR May-2023 Release 1 allows a privileged local attacker to bypass ASLR.
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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4.4 (MEDIUM)
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - EPSS — exploit probability
- 3% (percentile: 85) as of 2 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-532
Affected products
samsung: android
References
- https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb?year=2023&month=05 Vendor Advisory
- https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb?year=2023&month=05 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023… US Government Resource