CVE-2017-18676

HIGH

Samsung N(7.0) Qualcomm - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with N(7.0) (Qualcomm chipsets) software. There is an RKP kernel protection bypass (in which unwanted memory mappings may occur) because of a lack of MSR trapping. The Samsung ID is SVE-2016-7901 (April 2017).

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0036
EPSS Percentile 28.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (1)
google/android 7.0
Published Apr 07, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026