CVE-2026-10420: CWE-822 Untrusted pointer dereference in Samsung Open Source mTower
Description
Untrusted pointer dereference vulnerability in Samsung Open Source mTower allows Pointer Manipulation. This issue affects mTower: before 102d3dc75cf8e58e68e4bea54ae3c803992c91be.
CVSS v3.1
Score 5.5medium
Affected software
Samsung Open Source
mTower
Weaknesses
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Technical Analysis
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-10420) in Samsung Open Source mTower involves untrusted pointer dereference, categorized under CWE-822. It allows pointer manipulation that can cause a denial of service condition. The affected versions are those before the commit 102d3dc75cf8e58e68e4bea54ae3c803992c91be. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates local attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, unchanged scope, no impact on confidentiality or integrity, but high impact on availability.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability can lead to denial of service by causing the application to crash or behave unexpectedly due to untrusted pointer dereference. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity according to the CVSS vector. No known exploits are reported in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. No official fix or patch links are provided. Users should monitor Samsung Open Source advisories for updates and avoid running vulnerable versions if possible.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- samsung.tv_appliance
- Date Reserved
- 2026-06-01T01:42:44.323Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6a96b585acd9273b49a04233
Added to database: 09/01/2026, 11:22:45 UTC
Last enriched: 09/14/2026, 23:34:17 UTC
Last updated: 10/16/2026, 18:48:18 UTC
Views: 88
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