Information disclosure in Google, Google Android



| Updated: 2020-08-08
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2017-18643
CWE-ID CWE-200
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Google Android
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

Vendor Google

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU34523

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-18643

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with M(6.x) and N(7.x) software. There is information disclosure of the kbase_context address of a GPU memory node. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-8907 (December 2017).

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Google Android: 6.0 - 7.1.2

CPE2.3 External links

https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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