CVE-2017-18020

HIGH

Samsung Mobile L(5.x)-N(7.x) with Exynos - Arbitrary Code Execution in Bootloader via Ramfs Data Copy

Title source: llm

Description

On Samsung mobile devices with L(5.x), M(6.x), and N(7.x) software and Exynos chipsets, attackers can execute arbitrary code in the bootloader because S Boot omits a size check during a copy of ramfs data to memory. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-10598.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

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

Scores

CVSS v3 8.4

EPSS 0.0005

EPSS Percentile 16.4%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-20

Status published

Products (9)

samsung/samsung_mobile 5.0

samsung/samsung_mobile 5.1

samsung/samsung_mobile 5.1.1

samsung/samsung_mobile 6.0

samsung/samsung_mobile 6.0.1

samsung/samsung_mobile 7.0

samsung/samsung_mobile 7.1

samsung/samsung_mobile 7.1.1

samsung/samsung_mobile 7.1.2

Published Jan 04, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026