Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component in Google Android - CVE-2017-18652

 

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component in Google Android - CVE-2017-18652

Published: April 7, 2020 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU34536
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-18652
CWE-ID: CWE-74
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with M(6.0) and N(7.x) software. SVoice allows arbitrary code execution by changing dynamic libraries. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-9299 (September 2017).


Affected software

Google Android

How to mitigate CVE-2017-18652

Install update from vendor's website.


External References

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