CVE-2023-42579 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting Samsung Keyboard versions on Android 11, 12, and 13, specifically within the integrated SogouSDK. It stems from the improper use of HTTP, allowing adjacent attackers to intercept keystroke data via a Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack. The attack requires adjacent network access and has high confidentiality impact, but no integrity or availability impact. There is currently no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 5.3.70.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:samsung:samsung_keyboard:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.4.60.0, < 5.4.60.49CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:samsung:samsung_keyboard:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.4.85.0, < 5.4.85.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:samsung:samsung_keyboard:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.5.00.0, < 5.5.00.58CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:samsung:samsung_keyboard:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.6.00.0, < 5.6.00.52CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:samsung:samsung_keyboard:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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