CVE-2017-18658

MEDIUM

Android - Denial of Service via Multiwindow Facade API

Title source: llm

Description

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with M(6.0) software. The multiwindow_facade API allows attackers to cause a NullPointerException and system halt via an attempted screen touch of a non-existing display. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-9383 (August 2017).

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

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

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3

EPSS 0.0041

EPSS Percentile 32.7%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Details

CWE

CWE-476

Status published

Products (1)

google/android 6.0

Published Apr 07, 2020

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026