NULL pointer dereference in Google Android - CVE-2017-18664

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NULL pointer dereference in Google Android - CVE-2017-18664

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU34548
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-18664
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 a denial of service (DoS) attack.

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with KK(4.4), L(5.0/5.1), and M(6.0) software. There is a NULL pointer exception in PersonManager, causing memory corruption. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-8286 (June 2017).


How to mitigate CVE-2017-18664

Install update from vendor's website.

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