CVE-2018-21055

CRITICAL

Android N(7.0) on Qualcomm MSM8996 - Arbitrary Script Execution in INIT Context via Custom Image

Title source: llm

Description

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with N(7.0) (Qualcomm models using MSM8996 chipsets) software. A device can be rooted with a custom image to execute arbitrary scripts in the INIT context. The Samsung ID is SVE-2018-11940 (September 2018).

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

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

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.0083

EPSS Percentile 53.1%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Details

CWE

CWE-20

Status published

Products (1)

google/android 7.0

Published Apr 08, 2020

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026