Information disclosure in Google Android - CVE-2018-21083
Published: April 8, 2020 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU34517
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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-2018-21083
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Affected software:
Google Android
Google Android
Detailed vulnerability 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(6.0), N(7.x), and O(8.0) (Exynos or Qualcomm chipsets) software. There is information disclosure (of a kernel address) via trustonic_tee. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-11175 (February 2018).
How to mitigate CVE-2018-21083
Install update from vendor's website.