What is CVE-2017-18020?

CVE-2017-18020 is a high-severity vulnerability in Samsung Samsung_mobile, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2018-01-04.

How severe is CVE-2017-18020?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Samsung Samsung_mobile

CVE-2017-18020

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-2…

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.004 (34.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Samsung Samsung_mobile — versions 5.0, 5.1, 5.1.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-18020?: CVE-2017-18020 is a high-severity vulnerability in Samsung Samsung_mobile, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2018-01-04.
How severe is CVE-2017-18020?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.