🛡️ CVE-2023-21472 — android

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with physical access to the device, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs administrative privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

• Attack vector: Physical — the attacker has to touch the device.
• Attack complexity: High — the attacker first has to win a race, learn a secret or otherwise prepare the target.
• Privileges required: High — administrative rights are needed first.
• User interaction: Required — someone has to click, open or visit something.
• Scope: Changed — a successful attack reaches components beyond the vulnerable one.
• Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-21472 is classified as CWE-20: Improper Input Validation. The application accepts input without checking that it has the expected form, so malformed values reach code that assumes they are well formed.

Affected software

CVE-2023-21472 is recorded against 1 package.

• android

Timeline and source

Published on 3 September 2025 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

security.samsungmobile.com

Other advisories for this package

android has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2024-0028 (5.5 Medium, published 5 Sep 2025)
• CVE-2023-35657 (4.0 Medium, published 4 Sep 2025)
• CVE-2023-21478 (6.0 Medium, published 3 Sep 2025)
• CVE-2023-21470 (4.0 Medium, published 3 Sep 2025)
• CVE-2023-21477 (7.9 High, published 3 Sep 2025)
• CVE-2023-21469 (4.0 Medium, published 3 Sep 2025)
• CVE-2023-21476 (8.0 High, published 3 Sep 2025)
• CVE-2023-21468 (5.9 Medium, published 3 Sep 2025)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-20: Improper Input Validation) in other software:

• CVE-2022-29211 (5.0 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-29207 (5.0 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-29201 (5.0 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-29192 (5.0 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2016-1517 (published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-29213 (5.0 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-29191 (5.0 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-29212 (5.0 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)

Details

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