What is CVE-2017-18672?

CVE-2017-18672 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-04-07.

How severe is CVE-2017-18672?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Google Android

CVE-2017-18672

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with L(5.0/5.1), M(6.0), and N(7.x) software. Because of incorrect exception handling for Intents, a local attacker can force a reboot within framework.jar. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-8390 (May 2017).

Published 2020-04-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.001 (1.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 2nd percentile — 1.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.001 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Android — versions 5.0, 5.1, 6.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-755 — Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-18672?: CVE-2017-18672 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-04-07.
How severe is CVE-2017-18672?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.