CVE-2023-21501 Code injection in Samsung Mobile Devices

What is CVE-2023-21501?

CVE-2023-21501 is a high-severity code injection 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

Improper input validation vulnerability in mPOS fiserve trustlet prior to SMR May-2023 Release 1 allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-21501?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Samsung Android.

How do I fix CVE-2023-21501?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-21501 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

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Is CVE-2023-21501 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-21501 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2021-25394 Samsung Mobile Devices Race Condition Exploited Medium 6.4
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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-cgw3-f5jw-7q5g.