Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-37377

Memory Safety in Samsung Exynos 980 Firmware

Published
08 September 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 2.0
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0031 23th percentile
Risk Priority 15 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2023-37377 is a low-severity Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) vulnerability in Samsung Exynos 980 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 2.0 (Low).

Operationally, ranked at the 23th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

An issue was discovered in Samsung Exynos Mobile Processor and Wearable Processor (Exynos 980, Exynos 850, Exynos 2100, and Exynos W920). Improper handling of length parameter inconsistency can cause incorrect packet filtering.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

CVEs Like This One

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CVE-2024-27381Same product: Samsung Exynos 850
CVE-2024-27382Same product: Samsung Exynos 850
CVE-2024-50600Same product: Samsung Exynos 850
CVE-2024-49197Same product: Samsung Exynos 850
CVE-2023-50806Same product: Samsung Exynos 2100
CVE-2025-27891Same product: Samsung Exynos 2100

Affected Assets

samsung
exynos 980 firmware
all versions
samsung
exynos 850 firmware
all versions
samsung
exynos 2100 firmware
all versions
samsung
exynos w920 firmware
all versions

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure-development practices such as bounds checking and memory-safe languages directly prevent out-of-bounds reads.

ID.RA-01 partial match
prevents

Vulnerability scanning and recording can discover instances of out-of-bounds reads after code is deployed.

PR.PS-02 partial match
prevents

Routine patching replaces vulnerable code containing out-of-bounds read flaws.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

detects

Security testing in development and acceptance includes fuzzing and static analysis that detect out-of-bounds read defects before release.

A.8.15 Logging partial match
detects

Logging can record evidence of an out-of-bounds read but does not prevent the weakness itself.

prevents

Secure development life cycle mandates input validation and bounds checking that directly prevent out-of-bounds reads.

prevents

Application security requirements include explicit bounds and memory-safety specifications that mitigate buffer over-reads.

prevents

Secure system architecture and engineering principles require memory-safe design patterns and runtime protections against out-of-bounds access.

prevents

Secure coding standards explicitly forbid unsafe pointer arithmetic and mandate bounds-checked reads, eliminating CWE-125.

References