Input validation error in Google Android - CVE-2018-21088
Published: April 8, 2020 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU34522
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-21088
CWE-ID: CWE-20
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 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).
How to mitigate CVE-2018-21088
Install update from vendor's website.