CVE-2023-40218
An issue was discovered in the NPU kernel driver in Samsung Exynos Mobile Processor 9820, 980,...
An issue was discovered in the NPU kernel driver in Samsung Exynos Mobile Processor 9820, 980, 2100, 2200, 1280, and 1380. An integer overflow can bypass detection of error cases via a crafted application.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
An issue was discovered in the NPU kernel driver in Samsung Exynos Mobile Processor 9820, 980, 2100, 2200, 1280, and 1380. An integer overflow can bypass detection of error cases via a crafted application.
- Record
CVE-2023-40218- CVSS 3.1
- 2.0 Low
CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:L/A:L/C:N/I:N/PR:H/S:U/UI:R - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-44815
An issue was discovered in the NPU kernel driver in Samsung Exynos Mobile Processor 9820, 980, 2100, 2200, 1280, and 1380. An integer overflow can bypass detection of error cases via a crafted application.
- Record
EUVD-2023-44815- CVSS 3.1
- 2.0 Low
CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:L/A:L/C:N/I:N/PR:H/S:U/UI:R - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rc82-xg8f-27pw
An issue was discovered in the NPU kernel driver in Samsung Exynos Mobile Processor 9820, 980,...
An issue was discovered in the NPU kernel driver in Samsung Exynos Mobile Processor 9820, 980, 2100, 2200, 1280, and 1380. An integer overflow can bypass detection of error cases via a crafted application.
- Record
GHSA-rc82-xg8f-27pw- CVSS 3.1
- 2.0 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-190
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
An issue was discovered in the NPU kernel driver in Samsung Exynos Mobile Processor 9820, 980, 2100, 2200, 1280, and 1380. An integer overflow can bypass detection of error cases via a crafted application.
- Record
CVE-2023-40218- CVSS 3.1
- 2.0 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-190
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-40218 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 2.0) in Samsung Exynos 1280 Firmware, published September 12, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.19%, the 8th percentile. No source names a fixed version.