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

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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 v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-18652
CWE-ID: CWE-74
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Affected software:
Google Android

Detailed vulnerability description

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).


How to mitigate CVE-2017-18652

Install update from vendor's website.

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