CVE-2023-21492
Published 2023-05-04 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source mobile.security@samsung.com
Summary
CVE-2023-21492 is a medium-severity (CVSS 4.4) vulnerability in Samsung Mobile Devices. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on May 19, 2023, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by June 9, 2023. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Samsung has 15 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 0 of them linked to ransomware.
All 15 known-exploited Samsung vulnerabilities →Description
Kernel pointers are printed in the log file prior to SMR May-2023 Release 1 allows a privileged local attacker to bypass ASLR.
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: Samsung — Mobile Devices
Name: Samsung Mobile Devices Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Log File Vulnerability
Date added: 2023-05-19 · Due: 2023-06-09
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

