What is CVE-2018-14852?

CVE-2018-14852 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Galaxy_s6, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2018-12-17.

How severe is CVE-2018-14852?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Samsung Galaxy_s6

CVE-2018-14852

Out-of-bounds array access in dhd_rx_frame in drivers/net/wireless/bcmdhd4358/dhd_linux.c in the bcmdhd4358 Wi-Fi driver on the Samsung Galaxy S6 SM-G920F G920FXXU5EQH7 allows an attacker (who has obtained code execution on the Wi-Fi chip)…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.010 (57.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Samsung Galaxy_s6
Samsung Galaxy_s6_firmware — versions g920fxxu5eqh7
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
nvd@nist.gov (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-14852?: CVE-2018-14852 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Galaxy_s6, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2018-12-17.
How severe is CVE-2018-14852?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.