What is CVE-2018-21079?

CVE-2018-21079 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-04-08.

How severe is CVE-2018-21079?

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

Vulnerability in Google Android

CVE-2018-21079

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with L(5.x), M(6.0), N(7.x), and O(8.0) software. There is a kernel pointer leak in the USB gadget driver. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-10993 (March 2018).

EPSS: 0.004 (33.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Google Android — versions 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-21079?: CVE-2018-21079 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-04-08.
How severe is CVE-2018-21079?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.