Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions in Google Android - CVE-2017-18657

 

Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions in Google Android - CVE-2017-18657

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU34541
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-18657
CWE-ID: CWE-754
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 manipulate data.

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with M(6.0) and N(7.x) software. There is an arbitrary write in a trustlet. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-8893 (August 2017).


How to mitigate CVE-2017-18657

Install update from vendor's website.

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