PT-2020-8227 · Samsung · Samsung Mobile Devices

Published 2020-04-07 · Updated 2020-04-08 · CVE-2017-18678

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Samsung mobile devices with KK(4.4) software Samsung mobile devices with L(5.0/5.1) software Samsung mobile devices with M(6.0) software Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x) software

Description: An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices. An attacker can crash system processes via a Serializable object because of missing exception handling.

Recommendations: For Samsung mobile devices with KK(4.4) software, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. For Samsung mobile devices with L(5.0/5.1) software, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. For Samsung mobile devices with M(6.0) software, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. For Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x) software, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the use of Serializable objects until a patch is available.

Fix

Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-755

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-18678

Affected Products

Samsung Mobile Devices

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18678 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-18678 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/2485 · Telegram Post