What is CVE-2017-3218?

CVE-2017-3218 is a high-severity vulnerability in Samsung Magician, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-06-21.

How severe is CVE-2017-3218?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Samsung Magician

CVE-2017-3218

Samsung Magician 5.0 fails to validate TLS certificates for HTTPS software update traffic. Prior to version 5.0, Samsung Magician uses HTTP for software updates.

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

Published 2017-06-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (25.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 25th percentile — 25.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Samsung Magician — versions 5.0, <5.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/99081 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/846320 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-3218?: CVE-2017-3218 is a high-severity vulnerability in Samsung Magician, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-06-21.
How severe is CVE-2017-3218?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.