What is CVE-2017-18644?

CVE-2017-18644 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-04-08.

How severe is CVE-2017-18644?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Google Android

CVE-2017-18644

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with L(5.1), M(6.x), and N(7.x) software. There is a muic_set_reg_sel heap-based buffer overflow during the reading of MUIC register values. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-10011 (December 2017).

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.004 (36.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Google Android — versions 5.1, 6.0, 6.0.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-18644?: CVE-2017-18644 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-04-08.
How severe is CVE-2017-18644?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.