CVE-2023-21500 Use after free in Samsung Mobile Devices
Local attackers can exploit a double free vulnerability in the mPOS TUI trustlet to access trustlet memory, potentially leading to data exposure or privilege escalation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-21500?
CVE-2023-21500 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Samsung Android, published on 4 May 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Double free validation vulnerability in setPinPadImages in mPOS TUI trustlet prior to SMR May-2023 Release 1 allows local attackers to access the trustlet memory.
Weakness: CWE-415
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-21500?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Samsung Android.
How do I fix CVE-2023-21500?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-21500 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2023-21500 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-21500 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Samsung Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c256-xp72-rp74.