PT-2020-8733 · Samsung+1 · Samsung Mobile Devices+1

Published 2020-04-08 · Updated 2020-04-09 · CVE-2018-21089

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x) (MT6755/MT6757 Mediatek models) software

Description An issue was discovered in the bootloader of Samsung mobile devices, which has an integer overflow. This leads to arbitrary code execution via the download offset control.

Recommendations For Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x) (MT6755/MT6757 Mediatek models) software, consider restricting access to the bootloader until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Integer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-190

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-21089

Affected Products

Mediatek

Samsung Mobile Devices

References · 4

• https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-21089 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-21089 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/2534 · Telegram Post