Out-of-bounds write in Google Android - CVE-2017-18655
Published: April 7, 2020 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU34539
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-2017-18655
CWE-ID: CWE-787
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 execute arbitrary code.
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with M(6.0) and N(7.x) software. There is a stack-based buffer overflow with resultant memory corruption in a trustlet. The Samsung IDs are SVE-2017-8889, SVE-2017-8891, and SVE-2017-8892 (August 2017).
How to mitigate CVE-2017-18655
Install update from vendor's website.