What is CVE-2023-21451?

CVE-2023-21451 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Android, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2023-02-09.

How severe is CVE-2023-21451?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Samsung Android

CVE-2023-21451

A Stack-based overflow vulnerability in IpcRxEmbmsSessionList in SECRIL prior to Android S(12) allows attacker to cause memory corruptions.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.002 (6.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Samsung Android — versions 12.0
Samsung Mobile Devices — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

mobile.security@samsung.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-21451?: CVE-2023-21451 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Android, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2023-02-09.
How severe is CVE-2023-21451?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.