Buffer overflow in Google Android - CVE-2017-18661
Published: April 7, 2020 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU34545
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-2017-18661
CWE-ID: CWE-120
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 buffer overflow in process_cipher_tdea. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-8973 (July 2017).
How to mitigate CVE-2017-18661
Install update from vendor's website.