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TI-2019-04777 Aliases CVE-2019-6740GHSA-pj75-2rhg-jmhv

Heap-based buffer overflow in Samsung Galaxy S9

Priority MEDIUM 44CWE-122Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-122 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Samsung Galaxy S9 prior to January 2019 Security Update (SMR-JAN-2019 - SVE-2018-13467). User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the ASN.1 parser. When parsing ASN.1 strings, the process does not properly validate the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-7472.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0334 88th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
SamsungGalaxy S9prior to January 2019 Security Update (SMR-JAN-2019 - SVE-2018-13467)—No fix listedCNA
  • Galaxy S9 VendorSamsung Affected prior to January 2019 Security Update (SMR-JAN-2019 - SVE-2018-13467) Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:samsung:galaxy_s9_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2019-01VulnerableSamsung
cpe:2.3:h:samsung:galaxy_s9:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDRunning onSamsung
  • cpe:2.3:o:samsung:galaxy_s9_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2019-01 Vulnerable ·Samsung
  • cpe:2.3:h:samsung:galaxy_s9:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Samsung

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-6740
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pj75-2rhg-jmhv

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2019-04779 This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2019-04778 Open redirect in Samsung Galaxy S9 CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.3

Sources

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