Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 21, 2012· Updated Apr 29, 2026
CVE-2012-2980
CVE-2012-2980
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.
Affected products
9- cpe:2.3:h:sprint:evo_shift_4g:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:h:t-mobile:mytouch_3g_slide:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:h:t-mobile:mytouch_4g_slide:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
3- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/251635nvdUS Government Resource
- www.htc.com/www/help/app-security-fix/nvd
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MAPG-8R5LD6nvd
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