Memory disclosure via unchecked text-content binary read
Published May 7, 2025 · Updated May 7, 2025
Out-of-bounds read in text-content binary handling in Samsung Notes before 4.4.29.23 allows local users to read memory outside an allocated buffer. The text-content binary handling path reads beyond its allocated boundary because it omits the boundary check added by the patch. Samsung's local, low-privilege assessment requires device access; the documented consequence is memory disclosure without data modification or service interruption.
Summary
What happened
Out-of-bounds read in text-content binary handling in Samsung Notes before 4.4.29.23 allows local users to read memory outside an allocated buffer. The text-content binary handling path reads beyond its allocated boundary because it omits the boundary check added by the patch. Samsung's local, low-privilege assessment requires device access; the documented consequence is memory disclosure without data modification or service interruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-20976
- Published
- May 7, 2025
- Updated
- May 7, 2025
- Vendor
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Product
- Samsung Notes
- Classifications
- CWE-125
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- May 7, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 7, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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