CVE-2012-2980

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-255 Credentials Management

Publication date:

21/08/2012

Last modified:

11/04/2025

Description

The Samsung and HTC onTouchEvent method implementation for Android on the T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide, HTC Merge, Sprint EVO Shift 4G, HTC ChaCha, AT&T Status, HTC Desire Z, T-Mobile G2, T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide, and Samsung Galaxy S stores touch coordinates in the dmesg buffer, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, as demonstrated by PIN numbers, telephone numbers, and text messages.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.10 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0

7.10

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:h:att:status:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:h:htc:chacha:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:h:htc:desire:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:h:htc:merge:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:h:samsung:galaxy_s:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:h:sprint:evo_shift_4g:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:h:t-mobile:g2:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:h:t-mobile:mytouch_3g_slide:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:h:t-mobile:mytouch_4g_slide:-:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:h:att:status:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:h:htc:chacha:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:h:htc:desire:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:h:htc:merge:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:h:samsung:galaxy_s:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:h:sprint:evo_shift_4g:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:h:t-mobile:g2:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:h:t-mobile:mytouch_3g_slide:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:h:t-mobile:mytouch_4g_slide:-:::::::*

CVE-2012-2980

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools