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CVE-2019-6740

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Samsung Galaxy S9 prior to January…

Critical9.6EPSS 3.3%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
zdi

Description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Samsung Galaxy S9 prior to January 2019 Security Update (SMR-JAN-2019 - SVE-2018-13467). User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the ASN.1 parser. When parsing ASN.1 strings, the process does not properly validate the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-7472.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2019-6740, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
zdiCNA (assigner)3.0Critical9.6CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVDNVD · Modified3.1High8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
3.3% · top 11% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.6.

Weakness

Affected products

  • Samsung · Galaxy S9

    • affected prior to January 2019 Security Update (SMR-JAN-2019 - SVE-2018-13467)

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