CVE-2023-21459 (GCVE-0-2023-21459)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-03-16 00:00
Modified
2025-02-26 20:13
Severity ?
5.0 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
  • CWE - 416 : Use After Free
Summary
Use after free vulnerability in decon driver prior to SMR Mar-2023 Release 1 allows attackers to cause memory access fault.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Samsung Mobile Samsung Mobile Devices Version: Android 11, 12, 13 devices with Exynos2100 chipset   < SMR Mar-2023 Release 1
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