PT-2020-8216 · Google · Android

Published 2020-04-07 · Updated 2020-04-08 · CVE-2017-18667

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Samsung mobile devices with Android versions 4.4 through 7.x

Description: An issue allows attackers to prevent users from learning that SMS storage space has been exhausted on affected devices.

Recommendations: For Android version 4.4, update the SMS storage management to properly notify users when storage space is exhausted. For Android version 5.0/5.1, modify the SMS app to alert users when the storage limit is reached. For Android version 6.0, adjust the system settings to display a notification when SMS storage is full. For Android version 7.x, change the default behavior to warn users before the SMS storage space is exhausted. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the number of SMS messages that can be stored on the device until a proper fix is applied.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-18667

Affected Products

Android

References · 3

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-18667 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18667 · Security Note