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.
Published: 2012-08-21
Score: 7.1 High
EPSS: 3.2% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-2958 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.
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Att Status
Htc Chacha Desire Merge
Samsung Galaxy S
Sprint Evo Shift 4g
T-mobile G2 Mytouch 3g Slide Mytouch 4g Slide
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: certcc

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T17:23:57.816Z

Reserved: 2012-05-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-2980

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-08-21T10:46:10.513

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-2980

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