Security Vulnerabilities
- CVEs Published In April 2020
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with M(6.0) and N(7.x) software. Because of an unprotected Intent, an attacker can reset the configuration of certain applications. The Samsung ID is SVE-2016-7142 (April 2017).
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with KK(4.4), L(5.0/5.1), M(6.0), and N(7.x) software. An attacker can crash system processes via a Serializable object because of missing exception handling. The Samsung IDs are SVE-2017-8109, SVE-2017-8110, SVE-2017-8115, SVE-2017-8118, and SVE-2017-8119 (April 2017).
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with M(6.0) software. SLocation can cause a system crash via a call to an API that is not implemented. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-8285 (April 2017).
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with L(5.0/5.1) and M(6.0) (tablets) software. The lockscreen interface allows Add User actions, leading to an unintended ability to access user data in external storage. The Samsung ID is SVE-2016-7797 (March 2017).
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with M(6,x) and N(7.0) software. The TA Scrypto v1.0 implementation in Secure Driver has a race condition with a resultant buffer overflow. The Samsung IDs are SVE-2017-8973, SVE-2017-8974, and SVE-2017-8975 (November 2017).
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with KK(4.4.x), L(5.x), M(6.x), and N(7.x) software. Arbitrary file read/write operations can occur in the locked state via a crafted MTP command. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-10086 (November 2017).
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).
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x) software. There is a WifiStateMachine IllegalArgumentException and reboot if a malformed wpa_supplicant.conf is read. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-9828 (October 2017).
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with M(6.x) and N(7.x) software. There is an Integer Overflow in process_M_SetTokenTUIPasswd during handling of a trusted application, leading to memory corruption. The Samsung IDs are SVE-2017-9008 and SVE-2017-9009 (October 2017).
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with M(6.0) and N(7.x) software. SVoice allows arbitrary code execution by changing dynamic libraries. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-9299 (September 2017).