PT-2020-8731 · Samsung · Samsung Mobile Devices

Published 2020-04-08 · Updated 2020-04-09 · CVE-2018-21087

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.x) software Samsung mobile devices with M(6.x) software Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x) software

Description An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices, allowing a vnswap heap-based buffer overflow via the store function, resulting in privilege escalation.

Recommendations For Samsung mobile devices with L(5.x) software, update to a version that fixes the issue. For Samsung mobile devices with M(6.x) software, update to a version that fixes the issue. For Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x) software, update to a version that fixes the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the store function to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-21087

Affected Products

Samsung Mobile Devices

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-21087 · Security Note
• https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-21087 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/2546 · Telegram Post