CVE-2012-2980

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-2980
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercertcc
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-08-21 10:46:10 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.1 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-255 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Att Status - All All All
Hardware Htc Chacha - All All All
Hardware Htc Desire - All All All
Hardware Htc Merge - All All All
Hardware Samsung Galaxy S - All All All
Hardware Sprint Evo Shift 4g - All All All
Hardware T-mobile G2 - All All All
Hardware T-mobile Mytouch 3g Slide - All All All
Hardware T-mobile Mytouch 4g Slide - All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#251635 - Samsung and HTC android phone information disclosure vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
Samsung Information for VU#251635 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org
Application security fix - HTC Support Center af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.htc.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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