CVE-2018-21088 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x) software. An attacker can cause a reboot because InputMethodManagerService has an unprotected system service. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-9995 (January 2018).

Published: 2020-04-08

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:7.1.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:7.1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:7.1.2:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-13606	An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x) software. An attacker can cause a reboot because InputMethodManagerService has an unprotected system service. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-9995 (January 2018).

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00422.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

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

History

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Subscriptions

Google Android

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-04-08T14:42:30.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T12:19:27.628Z

Reserved: 2020-04-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-21088

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-04-08T15:15:12.507

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:54:06.657

Link: CVE-2018-21088

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-755
Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

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