Input validation error in Google Android - CVE-2017-18679

 

Input validation error in Google Android - CVE-2017-18679

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU34562
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-2017-18679
CWE-ID: CWE-20
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 M(6.0) software. SLocation can cause a system crash via a call to an API that is not implemented. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-8285 (April 2017).


How to mitigate CVE-2017-18679

Install update from vendor's website.

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