What is CVE-2017-18647?

CVE-2017-18647 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2020-04-07.

How severe is CVE-2017-18647?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Google Android

CVE-2017-18647

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with M(6,x) and N(7.0) software. The TA Scrypto v1.0 implementation in Secure Driver has a race condition with a resultant buffer overflow. The Samsung IDs are SVE-2017-8973, SVE-2017-8974, and SVE-2017-8975 (November 2017).

Vulnerability class: Race Condition

EPSS: 0.003 (23.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Google Android — versions 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-362 — Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition)

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-18647?: CVE-2017-18647 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2020-04-07.
How severe is CVE-2017-18647?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.