What is CVE-2017-18658?

CVE-2017-18658 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-04-07.

How severe is CVE-2017-18658?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Google Android

CVE-2017-18658

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with M(6.0) software. The multiwindow_facade API allows attackers to cause a NullPointerException and system halt via an attempted screen touch of a non-existing display. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-9383 (August 2017).

EPSS: 0.004 (33.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Google Android — versions 6.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-18658?: CVE-2017-18658 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-04-07.
How severe is CVE-2017-18658?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.