What is CVE-2018-21059?

CVE-2018-21059 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-04-08.

How severe is CVE-2018-21059?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Google Android

CVE-2018-21059

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x) and O(8.x) software. There is Clipboard content visibility in the locked state via the emergency contact picker. The Samsung ID is SVE-2018-11806 (September 2018).

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2020-04-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (33.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 33rd percentile — 33.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Android — versions 7.0, 7.1.0, 7.1.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-21059?: CVE-2018-21059 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-04-08.
How severe is CVE-2018-21059?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.