{"id":"CVE-2012-2980","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-2980","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:46:35.711Z","title":"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…","description":"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.","published":"2012-08-21T10:46:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:42:28.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cret@cert.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.1,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-255"],"affected":["att/status","htc/chacha","htc/desire","htc/merge","samsung/galaxy s","sprint/evo shift 4g","t-mobile/g2","t-mobile/mytouch 3g slide","t-mobile/mytouch 4g slide"],"epss":{"score":0.01759,"percentile":0.7782,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.76%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.htc.com/www/help/app-security-fix/","source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/251635","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MAPG-8R5LD6","source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://www.htc.com/www/help/app-security-fix/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/251635","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MAPG-8R5LD6","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2980","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}