CVE-2018-21087

CRITICAL

Android L(5.x)-N(7.x) - Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in vnswap Store Function

Title source: llm

Description

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with L(5.x), M(6.x), and N(7.x) software. There is a vnswap heap-based buffer overflow via the store function, with resultant privilege escalation. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-10599 (January 2018).

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

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

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.0044

EPSS Percentile 35.5%

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-787

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 6.0.1

google/android 7.0

google/android 7.1.0

... and 2 more

Published Apr 08, 2020

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026