What is CVE-2018-9143?

CVE-2018-9143 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Samsung Samsung_mobile, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-03-30.

How severe is CVE-2018-9143?

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

Is CVE-2018-9143 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-2018-9143

On Samsung mobile devices with M(6.0) and N(7.x) software, a heap overflow in the sensorhub binder service leads to code execution in a privileged process, aka SVE-2017-10991.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.024 (81.9th 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 6.0, 7.0, 7.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-9143?: CVE-2018-9143 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Samsung Samsung_mobile, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-03-30.
How severe is CVE-2018-9143?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-9143 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.