What is CVE-2018-21085?

CVE-2018-21085 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2020-04-08.

How severe is CVE-2018-21085?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Use After Free in Google Android

CVE-2018-21085

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with L(5.x), M(6.0), and N(7.x) software. There is a race condition with a resultant use-after-free in vnswap_deinit_backing_storage. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-11176 (February 2018).

Vulnerability class: Race Condition

EPSS: 0.003 (25.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

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

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-21085?: CVE-2018-21085 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2020-04-08.
How severe is CVE-2018-21085?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.