What is CVE-2018-21092?

CVE-2018-21092 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-04-08.

How severe is CVE-2018-21092?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Google Android

CVE-2018-21092

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with M(6.x) and N(7.x) software. A crafted AT command may be sent by the DeviceTest application via an NFC tag. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-10885 (January 2018).

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (7.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 7th percentile — 7.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Android — versions 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-21092?: CVE-2018-21092 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-04-08.
How severe is CVE-2018-21092?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.