Samsung Smart Phone HAL VaultKeeper initialize heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Samsung Smart Phone and classified as critical. The affected element is the function initialize of the component HAL VaultKeeper. Performing a manipulation results in heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-30681. Attacking locally is a requirement. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Samsung Smart Phone (Smartphone Operating System) (the affected version unknown). It has been classified as critical. This affects the function initialize of the component HAL VaultKeeper. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An improper input validation vulnerability within initialize function in HAL VaultKeeper prior to SMR Aug-2023 Release 1 allows attacker to cause out-of-bounds write.

The weakness was published 08/10/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at security.samsungmobile.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-30681 since 04/14/2023. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Recommended: Upgrade
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04/14/2023 🔍
08/10/2023 +118 days 🔍
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09/05/2023 +26 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: samsung.com

Advisory: security.samsungmobile.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-30681 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-30681
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-236715

Entryinfo

Created: 08/10/2023 08:54
Updated: 09/05/2023 06:43
Changes: 08/10/2023 08:54 (50), 09/05/2023 06:43 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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