What is CVE-2023-42562?

CVE-2023-42562 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Android, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2023-12-05.

How severe is CVE-2023-42562?

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

Integer overflow in Samsung Android

CVE-2023-42562

Integer overflow vulnerability in detectionFindFaceSupportMultiInstance of libFacePreProcessingjni.camera.samsung.so prior to SMR Dec-2023 Release 1 allows attacker to trigger heap overflow.

Vulnerability class: Integer Overflow

Published 2023-12-05 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

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

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (7.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 8th percentile — 7.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Samsung Android — versions 14.0
Samsung Mobile Devices — versions SMR Dec-2023 Release in Android 12, 13, 14

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-42562?: CVE-2023-42562 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Android, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2023-12-05.
How severe is CVE-2023-42562?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.