Input validation error in Google Android - CVE-2018-21088

 

Input validation error in Google Android - CVE-2018-21088

Published: April 8, 2020 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU34522
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-21088
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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. An attacker can cause a reboot because InputMethodManagerService has an unprotected system service. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-9995 (January 2018).


Affected software

Google Android

How to mitigate CVE-2018-21088

Install update from vendor's website.


External References

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