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CVE-2017-18020 Details

Description

On Samsung mobile devices with L(5.x), M(6.x), and N(7.x) software and Exynos chipsets, attackers can execute arbitrary code in the bootloader because S Boot omits a size check during a copy of ramfs data to memory. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-10598.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:8.4 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb CVEVendor Advisory
https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb [email protected]Vendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-20Improper Input Validation[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
samsung samsung mobile
5.0
5.1
5.1.1
6.0
6.0.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:samsung:samsung_mobile:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:samsung:samsung_mobile:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:samsung:samsung_mobile:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:samsung:samsung_mobile:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:samsung:samsung_mobile:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:samsung:samsung_mobile:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:samsung:samsung_mobile:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:samsung:samsung_mobile:7.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:samsung:samsung_mobile:7.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-18020
NVD Published Date:
Jan 4, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]