Description
A NULL pointer dereference in dhd_prot_txdata_write_flush in drivers/net/wireless/bcmdhd4358/dhd_msgbuf.c in the bcmdhd4358 Wi-Fi driver on the Samsung Galaxy S6 SM-G920F G920FXXU5EQH7 allows an attacker (who has obtained code execution on the Wi-Fi chip) to cause the device to reboot. The Samsung ID is SVE-2018-11783.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://people.cs.kuleuven.be/~stijn.volckaert/papers/2019_NDSS_PeriScope.pdf
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/securesystemslab/periscope/blob/master/bugs-found/CVE-2018-14853.md
Scores
CVSS v3
4.3
EPSS
0.0016
EPSS Percentile
36.2%
Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Details
CWE
CWE-476
Status
published
Products (1)
samsung/galaxy_s6_firmware
g920fxxu5eqh7
Published
Dec 17, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026