Critical severity · published Apr 8, 2020
CVE-2018-21066
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with M(6.0) (Exynos or MediaTek chipsets) software
9.8
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with M(6.0) (Exynos or MediaTek chipsets) software. There is a buffer overflow in a Trustlet that can cause memory corruption. The Samsung ID is SVE-2018-11599 (July 2018).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 47% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AN
Android · Google
6.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-21066
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-21066
Vendor Advisory
https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb
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