What is CVE-2018-21070?

CVE-2018-21070 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2020-04-08.

How severe is CVE-2018-21070?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Google Android

CVE-2018-21070

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x), O(8.0) devices (MSM8998 or SDM845 chipsets) software. An attacker can bypass Secure Boot and obtain root access because of a missing Bootloader integrity check. The Samsung ID…

EPSS: 0.001 (3.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Google Android — versions 7.0, 7.1.0, 7.1.1
Qualcomm Msm8998
Qualcomm Sdm845
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-354 — Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-21070?: CVE-2018-21070 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2020-04-08.
How severe is CVE-2018-21070?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.