What is CVE-2023-42532?

CVE-2023-42532 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Android, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2023-11-07.

How severe is CVE-2023-42532?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Samsung Android

CVE-2023-42532

Improper Certificate Validation in FotaAgent prior to SMR Nov-2023 Release1 allows remote attacker to intercept the network traffic including Firmware information.

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

Published 2023-11-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (28.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 29th percentile — 28.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Samsung Android — versions 11.0, 12.0, 13.0
Samsung Mobile Devices — versions SMR Nov-2023 Release in Android 11, 12, 13

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation

References

security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-42532?: CVE-2023-42532 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Android, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2023-11-07.
How severe is CVE-2023-42532?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.