Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions in Google Android - CVE-2017-18650
Published: April 7, 2020 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU34534
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-2017-18650
CWE-ID: CWE-754
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. There is a WifiStateMachine IllegalArgumentException and reboot if a malformed wpa_supplicant.conf is read. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-9828 (October 2017).
How to mitigate CVE-2017-18650
Install update from vendor's website.