PT-2020-8207 · Samsung · Samsung Mobile Devices

Published 2020-04-07 · Updated 2020-04-08 · CVE-2017-18658

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Samsung mobile devices with M(6.0) software

Description: An issue was discovered that allows attackers to cause a NullPointerException and system halt via an attempted screen touch of a non-existing display, utilizing the multiwindow facade API.

Recommendations: For Samsung mobile devices with M(6.0) software, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-18658

Affected Products

Samsung Mobile Devices

References · 3

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-18658 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18658 · Security Note
• https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb · Vendor Advisory