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CVE-2023-21496

Active Debug Code

Published: May 04, 2023 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-21496
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/489.html

Active Debug Code vulnerability in ActivityManagerService prior to SMR May-2023 Release 1 allows attacker to use debug function via setting debug level.

Weakness

The product is released with debugging code still enabled or active.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
AndroidSamsung11.0 (including)11.0 (including)
AndroidSamsung11.0-smr-apr-2021-r1 (including)11.0-smr-apr-2021-r1 (including)
AndroidSamsung11.0-smr-apr-2022-r1 (including)11.0-smr-apr-2022-r1 (including)
AndroidSamsung11.0-smr-aug-2021-r1 (including)11.0-smr-aug-2021-r1 (including)
AndroidSamsung11.0-smr-aug-2022-r1 (including)11.0-smr-aug-2022-r1 (including)
AndroidSamsung11.0-smr-dec-2020-r1 (including)11.0-smr-dec-2020-r1 (including)
AndroidSamsung11.0-smr-dec-2021-r1 (including)11.0-smr-dec-2021-r1 (including)
AndroidSamsung11.0-smr-dec-2022-r1 (including)11.0-smr-dec-2022-r1 (including)
AndroidSamsung11.0-smr-feb-2021-r1 (including)11.0-smr-feb-2021-r1 (including)
AndroidSamsung11.0-smr-feb-2022-r1 (including)11.0-smr-feb-2022-r1 (including)
AndroidSamsung11.0-smr-feb-2023-r1 (including)11.0-smr-feb-2023-r1 (including)
AndroidSamsung11.0-smr-jan-2021-r1 (including)11.0-smr-jan-2021-r1 (including)
AndroidSamsung11.0-smr-jan-2022-r1 (including)11.0-smr-jan-2022-r1 (including)
AndroidSamsung11.0-smr-jul-2021-r1 (including)11.0-smr-jul-2021-r1 (including)
AndroidSamsung11.0-smr-jul-2022-r1 (including)11.0-smr-jul-2022-r1 (including)
AndroidSamsung11.0-smr-jun-2021-r1 (including)11.0-smr-jun-2021-r1 (including)
AndroidSamsung11.0-smr-jun-2022-r1 (including)11.0-smr-jun-2022-r1 (including)
AndroidSamsung11.0-smr-mar-2021-r1 (including)11.0-smr-mar-2021-r1 (including)
AndroidSamsung11.0-smr-mar-2022-r1 (including)11.0-smr-mar-2022-r1 (including)
AndroidSamsung11.0-smr-may-2021-r1 (including)11.0-smr-may-2021-r1 (including)
AndroidSamsung11.0-smr-may-2022-r1 (including)11.0-smr-may-2022-r1 (including)
AndroidSamsung11.0-smr-nov-2021-r1 (including)11.0-smr-nov-2021-r1 (including)
AndroidSamsung11.0-smr-nov-2022-r1 (including)11.0-smr-nov-2022-r1 (including)
AndroidSamsung11.0-smr-oct-2021-r1 (including)11.0-smr-oct-2021-r1 (including)
AndroidSamsung11.0-smr-oct-2022-r1 (including)11.0-smr-oct-2022-r1 (including)
AndroidSamsung11.0-smr-sep-2021-r1 (including)11.0-smr-sep-2021-r1 (including)
AndroidSamsung11.0-smr-sep-2022-r1 (including)11.0-smr-sep-2022-r1 (including)
AndroidSamsung12.0 (including)12.0 (including)
AndroidSamsung12.0-smr-apr-2022-r1 (including)12.0-smr-apr-2022-r1 (including)
AndroidSamsung12.0-smr-aug-2022-r1 (including)12.0-smr-aug-2022-r1 (including)
AndroidSamsung12.0-smr-dec-2021-r1 (including)12.0-smr-dec-2021-r1 (including)
AndroidSamsung12.0-smr-dec-2022-r1 (including)12.0-smr-dec-2022-r1 (including)
AndroidSamsung12.0-smr-feb-2022-r1 (including)12.0-smr-feb-2022-r1 (including)
AndroidSamsung12.0-smr-feb-2023-r1 (including)12.0-smr-feb-2023-r1 (including)
AndroidSamsung12.0-smr-jan-2022-r1 (including)12.0-smr-jan-2022-r1 (including)
AndroidSamsung12.0-smr-jul-2022-r1 (including)12.0-smr-jul-2022-r1 (including)
AndroidSamsung12.0-smr-jun-2022-r1 (including)12.0-smr-jun-2022-r1 (including)
AndroidSamsung12.0-smr-mar-2022-r1 (including)12.0-smr-mar-2022-r1 (including)
AndroidSamsung12.0-smr-may-2022-r1 (including)12.0-smr-may-2022-r1 (including)
AndroidSamsung12.0-smr-nov-2021-r1 (including)12.0-smr-nov-2021-r1 (including)
AndroidSamsung12.0-smr-nov-2022-r1 (including)12.0-smr-nov-2022-r1 (including)
AndroidSamsung12.0-smr-oct-2022-r1 (including)12.0-smr-oct-2022-r1 (including)
AndroidSamsung12.0-smr-sep-2022-r1 (including)12.0-smr-sep-2022-r1 (including)
AndroidSamsung13.0-smr-apr-2023-r1 (including)13.0-smr-apr-2023-r1 (including)
AndroidSamsung13.0-smr-dec-2022-r1 (including)13.0-smr-dec-2022-r1 (including)
AndroidSamsung13.0-smr-feb-2023-r1 (including)13.0-smr-feb-2023-r1 (including)
AndroidSamsung13.0-smr-jan-2023-r1 (including)13.0-smr-jan-2023-r1 (including)
AndroidSamsung13.0-smr-mar-2023-r1 (including)13.0-smr-mar-2023-r1 (including)
AndroidSamsung13.0-smr-nov-2022-r1 (including)13.0-smr-nov-2022-r1 (including)
AndroidSamsung13.0-smr-oct-2022-r1 (including)13.0-smr-oct-2022-r1 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References

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