PT-2020-8193 · Samsung · Samsung Mobile Devices

Published 2020-04-08 · Updated 2020-04-08 · CVE-2017-18644

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Samsung mobile devices with L(5.1), M(6.x), and N(7.x) software

Description: An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices, where there is a muic set reg sel heap-based buffer overflow during the reading of MUIC register values.

Recommendations: For Samsung mobile devices with L(5.1) software, update to a version that fixes the muic set reg sel heap-based buffer overflow issue. For Samsung mobile devices with M(6.x) software, update to a version that fixes the muic set reg sel heap-based buffer overflow issue. For Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x) software, update to a version that fixes the muic set reg sel heap-based buffer overflow issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the MUIC register values to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-18644

Affected Products

Samsung Mobile Devices

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-18644 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18644 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/2532 · Telegram Post