What is CVE-2018-9139?

CVE-2018-9139 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Samsung Samsung_mobile, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-03-30.

How severe is CVE-2018-9139?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-9139 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Samsung Samsung_mobile

CVE-2018-9139

On Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x) software, a buffer overflow in the vision service allows code execution in a privileged process via a large frame size, aka SVE-2017-11165.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.025 (82.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Samsung Samsung_mobile — versions 7.0, 7.1, 7.1.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-9139?: CVE-2018-9139 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Samsung Samsung_mobile, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-03-30.
How severe is CVE-2018-9139?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-9139 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.