CVE-2018-21066 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with M(6.0) (Exynos or MediaTek chipsets) software. There is a buffer overflow in a Trustlet that can cause memory corruption. The Samsung ID is SVE-2018-11599 (July 2018).

Published: 2020-04-08

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-13584	An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with M(6.0) (Exynos or MediaTek chipsets) software. There is a buffer overflow in a Trustlet that can cause memory corruption. The Samsung ID is SVE-2018-11599 (July 2018).

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00561.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb

History

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Subscriptions

Google Android

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-04-08T17:26:12.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T12:19:27.597Z

Reserved: 2020-04-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-21066

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-04-08T18:15:14.227

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:54:04.143

Link: CVE-2018-21066

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-120
Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

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