Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-42532

Medium

Published: 07 November 2023

Published
07 November 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0026 50.2th percentile
Risk Priority 12 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-42532 is a medium-severity Improper Certificate Validation (CWE-295) vulnerability in Samsung Android. Its CVSS base score is 5.9 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 49.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Certificate Validation in FotaAgent prior to SMR Nov-2023 Release1 allows remote attacker to intercept the network traffic including Firmware information.

CWE(s)
CWE-295

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

samsung
android
11.0, 12.0, 13.0

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SA-19 Component Authenticity
addresses: CWE-295

When certificates are used to establish component provenance, the control requires correct certificate validation procedures.

SC-17 Public Key Infrastructure Certificates
addresses: CWE-295

Mandates approved trust anchors and issuance policies, directly preventing acceptance of unvalidated or untrusted certificates.

SC-45 System Time Synchronization
addresses: CWE-295

Correct system time is required for proper enforcement of certificate notBefore/notAfter dates and time-based revocation checks.

References