Samsung mTower null pointer dereference

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Samsung mTower. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-10420. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Samsung mTower (affected version not known). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Untrusted pointer dereference vulnerability in Samsung Open Source mTower allows Pointer Manipulation. This issue affects mTower: before 102d3dc75cf8e58e68e4bea54ae3c803992c91be.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-10420 since 06/01/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Applying the patch 102d3dc75cf8e58e68e4bea54ae3c803992c91be is able to eliminate this problem.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

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VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Null pointer dereference
CWE: CWE-476 / CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Status: Not defined

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Patch: 102d3dc75cf8e58e68e4bea54ae3c803992c91be

Timelineinfo

06/01/2026 CVE reserved
09/01/2026 +92 days Advisory disclosed
09/01/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/01/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: samsung.com
Product: github.com

Advisory: github.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-10420 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-10420
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-397574

Entryinfo

Created: 09/01/2026 13:36
Changes: 09/01/2026 13:36 (62)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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