CVE-2017-18689

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with M(6.0) and N(7.0) (Exynos5433, Exynos7420, or Exynos7870 chipsets) software. An attacker can bypass a ko (aka Kernel Module) signature by modifying the count of kernel modules. The Samsung ID is SVE-2016-7466 (January 2017).

Metrics

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

Weakness enumeration

CWE-354

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsbVendor Advisory
https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsbVendor Advisory

Timeline

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

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