CVE-2023-21492

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2023-05-19. Federal remediation due 2023-06-09.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

2.55% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 84.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

4.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2023-05-04 00:00Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:05Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2022-11-14

Assigning CNA

Samsung Mobile

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 4.4)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-532Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log FileBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

2fabe0530d2ca79b8fb7ea4f33d9d821abf066ce66c1a53338bb2f273c6d05dc

• security.samsungmobile.comhttps://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb?year=2023&month=05
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-21492government-resource