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CVE-2019-6742

CRITICAL

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Samsung Galaxy S9 prior to 1.4.20.2. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of the GameServiceReceiver update mechanism. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-7477.

Published: Jun 3, 2019 Modified: Jun 17, 2026
CWE-358 NVD-CWE-noinfo

CVSS Metrics

CVSSv3
Attack Vector: NETWORK Attack Complexity: LOW Privileges Required: NONE User Interaction: NONE Scope: UNCHANGED Confidentiality Impact: HIGH Integrity Impact: HIGH Availability Impact: HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products (1)

Vendor Product Version
samsung galaxy_s9_firmware * < 1.4.20.2

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-q778-9mxh-6vxg

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations...

References (2)

Risk Scores

CVSS Score 9.8 / 10
EPSS Score 5.93%

Top 7% most likely to be exploited

Threat Score 41 / 100

Data Sources

NVD EPSS GitHub