What is CVE-2017-18645?

CVE-2017-18645 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-2017-18645?

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

Buffer overflow in Google Android

CVE-2017-18645

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with M(6.x) and N(7.x) (Qualcomm chipsets) software. There is a panel_lpm sysfs stack-based buffer overflow. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-9414 (December 2017).

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2020-04-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (37.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-23.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 37th percentile — 37.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Android — versions 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-18645?: CVE-2017-18645 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-2017-18645?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.