What is CVE-2017-18681?

CVE-2017-18681 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Samsung Galaxy_s5, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-04-07.

How severe is CVE-2017-18681?

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

Buffer overflow in Samsung Galaxy_s5

CVE-2017-18681

An issue was discovered on Samsung Galaxy S5 mobile devices with software through 2016-12-20 (Qualcomm AP chipsets). There are multiple buffer overflows in the bootloader. The Samsung ID is SVE-2016-7930 (March 2017).

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.015 (70.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-18681?: CVE-2017-18681 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Samsung Galaxy_s5, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-04-07.
How severe is CVE-2017-18681?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.