Samsung Mobile Devices libsavscmn.so heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Samsung Mobile Devices. It has been declared as critical. This affects an unknown function of the file libsavscmn.so. The manipulation results in heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-20879. Attacking locally is a requirement. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Samsung Mobile Devices (version now known). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is some unknown processing of the file libsavscmn.so. 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 availability. CVE summarizes:

Improper input validation vulnerability in libsavscmn.so prior to SMR Jun-2024 Release 1 allows local attackers to write out-of-bounds memory.

The advisory is shared for download at security.samsungmobile.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-20879 since 12/05/2023. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

VulDB Base Score: 3.3
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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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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

12/05/2023 🔍
06/04/2024 +181 days 🔍
06/04/2024 +0 days 🔍
02/11/2025 +252 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: samsung.com

Advisory: security.samsungmobile.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-20879 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-20879
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-267000

Entryinfo

Created: 06/04/2024 10:05
Updated: 02/11/2025 06:53
Changes: 06/04/2024 10:05 (63), 06/04/2024 15:18 (1), 02/11/2025 06:53 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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