Input validation error in Google Android - CVE-2017-18685
Published: April 7, 2020 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU34567
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-2017-18685
CWE-ID: CWE-20
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 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. The InputMethod application can cause a system crash via a malformed serializable object in an Intent. The Samsung ID is SVE-2016-7123 (February 2017).
How to mitigate CVE-2017-18685
Install update from vendor's website.