Out-of-bounds read in Google Android - CVE-2017-18688
Published: April 7, 2020 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU34570
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-18688
CWE-ID: CWE-125
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 gain access to sensitive information.
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with L(5.1), M(6.0), and N(7.0) software. There is an information disclosure (of memory locations outside a buffer) via /dev/dsm_ctrl_dev. The Samsung ID is SVE-2016-7340 (January 2017).
How to mitigate CVE-2017-18688
Install update from vendor's website.