CVE-2017-18688

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with L(5.1), M(6.0), and N(7.0) software. There is an information disclosure (of memory locations outside a buffer) via /dev/dsm_ctrl_dev. The Samsung ID is SVE-2016-7340 (January 2017).

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

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-2017-18688: High severity, CVSS 7.5 | Vulnix