Samsung Smart Phone mPOS Fiserve Trustlet input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Samsung Smart Phone. This affects an unknown function of the component mPOS Fiserve Trustlet. The manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2023-21501. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Samsung Smart Phone (Smartphone Operating System) (the affected version is unknown). This issue affects an unknown code of the component mPOS Fiserve Trustlet. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Improper input validation vulnerability in mPOS fiserve trustlet prior to SMR May-2023 Release 1 allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code.

The weakness was released 05/05/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at security.samsungmobile.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-21501 since 11/14/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-25669). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

11/14/2022 🔍
05/05/2023 +171 days 🔍
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09/17/2025 +866 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: samsung.com

Advisory: security.samsungmobile.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-21501 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-21501
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-228071
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/05/2023 08:14
Updated: 09/17/2025 12:28
Changes: 05/05/2023 08:14 (48), 05/28/2023 08:57 (11), 09/17/2025 12:28 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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