SB2020040770 - Input validation error in Google, Google Android
Published: April 7, 2020 Updated: August 8, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020040770
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-18663)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x) software. Because of missing Intent exception handling, system_server can have a NullPointerException with a crash of a system process. The Samsung IDs are SVE-2017-9122, SVE-2017-9123, SVE-2017-9124, and SVE-2017-9126 (July 2017).
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.