CVE-2017-18649

HighCVSS 7.2/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x) software. An attacker can boot a device with root privileges because the bootloader for the Qualcomm MSM8998 chipset lacks an integrity check of the system image, aka the "SamFAIL" issue. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-10465 (November 2017).

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.2/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-354

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Apr 7, 2020
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2017-18649: High severity, CVSS 7.2 | Vulnix