CVE-2023-42579: Samsung Keyboard

Medium severity, CVSS 5.3. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Improper usage of insecure protocol (i.e. HTTP) in SogouSDK of Chinese Samsung Keyboard prior to versions 5.3.70.1 in Android 11, 5.4.60.49, 5.4.85.5, 5.5.00.58 in Android 12, and 5.6.00.52, 5.6.10.42, 5.7.00.45 in Android 13 allows adjacent attackers to access keystroke data using Man-in-the-Middle attack.

Affected products

• Samsung Samsung Keyboard: before 5.3.70.1 (fixed in 5.3.70.1); from 5.4.60.0, before 5.4.60.49 (fixed in 5.4.60.49); from 5.4.85.0, before 5.4.85.5 (fixed in 5.4.85.5); from 5.5.00.0, before 5.5.00.58 (fixed in 5.5.00.58); from 5.6.00.0, before 5.6.00.52 (fixed in 5.6.00.52); from 5.6.10.0, before 5.6.10.42 (fixed in 5.6.10.42); …

Published 2023-12-05. Last modified 2026-06-17.