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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2018-21054
CVE-2018-21054:
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with M(6.0), N(7.x) and O(8.x) except exynos9610/9820 in all Platforms, M(6.0) except MSM8909 SC77xx/9830 exynos3470/5420, N(7.0) except MSM8939, N(7.1) except MSM8996 SDM6xx/M6737T software. The vulnerability was identified with Samsung ID SVE-2017-11857 and was disclosed in September 2018 (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability involves an integer underflow with a resultant buffer overflow in eCryptFS. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 9.8 CRITICAL with vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. The weakness has been classified as CWE-190 (Integer Overflow or Wraparound) (NVD).
Impact
Due to the critical CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability could allow attackers to gain complete control over affected systems, potentially compromising the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Samsung has released security updates to address this vulnerability. Users should ensure their devices are updated with the latest security patches (Samsung Mobile Security).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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