NULL pointer dereference in Google Android - CVE-2017-18658

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NULL pointer dereference in Google Android - CVE-2017-18658

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU34542
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-18658
CWE-ID: CWE-476
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 perform service disruption.

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with M(6.0) software. The multiwindow_facade API allows attackers to cause a NullPointerException and system halt via an attempted screen touch of a non-existing display. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-9383 (August 2017).


How to mitigate CVE-2017-18658

Install update from vendor's website.

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