CVE-2018-21079

HIGH

Android - Kernel Pointer Leak in USB Gadget Driver

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with L(5.x), M(6.0), N(7.x), and O(8.0) software. There is a kernel pointer leak in the USB gadget driver. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-10993 (March 2018).

References (1)

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

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0041
EPSS Percentile 33.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-401
Status published
Products (12)
google/android 5.0
google/android 5.0.1
google/android 5.0.2
google/android 5.1
google/android 5.1.0
google/android 5.1.1
google/android 6.0
google/android 7.0
google/android 7.1.0
google/android 7.1.1
... and 2 more
Published Apr 08, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026