PT-2020-8237 · Samsung · Android 5.1+2

Published 2020-04-07 · Updated 2020-04-08 · CVE-2017-18688

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Samsung mobile devices with L(5.1), M(6.0), and N(7.0) software

Description: An issue was discovered that allows information disclosure of memory locations outside a buffer via the "/dev/dsm ctrl dev" endpoint.

Recommendations: For Samsung mobile devices with L(5.1) software, update to a version that fixes this issue. For Samsung mobile devices with M(6.0) software, update to a version that fixes this issue. For Samsung mobile devices with N(7.0) software, update to a version that fixes this issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the "/dev/dsm ctrl dev" endpoint until a patch is available.

Fix

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-18688

Affected Products

Android 5.1

Android 6.0

Android 7.0

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18688 · Security Note
• https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-18688 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/2495 · Telegram Post