Samsung Smartphone Users Warned of Actively Exploited Vulnerability

Samsung smartphone users have been alerted to a recent vulnerability identified as CVE-2023-21492, which has been patched and is currently being exploited.



This vulnerability, related to a kernel pointer exposure issue tied to log files, could allow an attacker with local access and elevated privileges to bypass the ASLR (Address Space Layout Randomization) exploit mitigation technique. This suggests that the flaw could be used in conjunction with other bugs to compromise a device.



Samsung addressed the issue in their May …

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