Low-privileged local disclosure of application data
Published Feb 9, 2023 · Updated Mar 24, 2025
Improper input validation in Samsung Bixby Vision before 3.7.70.17 allows local users to access Bixby Vision data. Samsung has not disclosed the affected component, the untrusted input, or the validation operation that permits the unauthorized read. Exploitation requires local low-privileged access and exposes only data held by Bixby Vision, with no reported ability to modify data or interrupt service.
Summary
What happened
Improper input validation in Samsung Bixby Vision before 3.7.70.17 allows local users to access Bixby Vision data. Samsung has not disclosed the affected component, the untrusted input, or the validation operation that permits the unauthorized read. Exploitation requires local low-privileged access and exposes only data held by Bixby Vision, with no reported ability to modify data or interrupt service.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-21431
- Published
- Feb 9, 2023
- Updated
- Mar 24, 2025
- Vendor
- Samsung Electronics
- Product
- Bixby Vision
- Classifications
- CWE-20, T1409
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- Unavailable
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 9, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 24, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <3.7.70.17
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