Vulnerability Report

CVE-2012-2980

Title: Att Status Information Disclosure

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2012-2980.

CWE Category CWE-255
Published Date Aug 21, 2012
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.1 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
1.76%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2012-2980: 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.

Impacted Vendors

M
merge_project 1
A
att 1
T
t-mobile 3
S
sprint 1
H
htc 3
S
samsung 1

Reference Links

http://www.htc.com/www/help/app-security-fix/ http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/251635 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MAPG-8R5LD6 http://www.htc.com/www/help/app-security-fix/ http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/251635 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MAPG-8R5LD6
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.1
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2012-2980 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.