What is CVE-2017-18649?

CVE-2017-18649 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2020-04-07.

How severe is CVE-2017-18649?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Google Android

CVE-2017-18649

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x) software. An attacker can boot a device with root privileges because the bootloader for the Qualcomm MSM8998 chipset lacks an integrity check of the system image, aka the "SamFAIL" issue. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-10465 (November 2017).

EPSS: 0.003 (20.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Google Android — versions 7.0, 7.1.0, 7.1.1
Qualcomm Msm8998
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-354 — Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-18649?: CVE-2017-18649 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2020-04-07.
How severe is CVE-2017-18649?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.