CVE-2017-18678 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Samsung mobile devices running Android versions KitKat (4.4) through Nougat (7.x). An unauthenticated attacker can remotely crash system processes by sending a malformed Serializable object due to insufficient exception handling. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability allows for complete system availability impact without requiring user interaction or elevated privileges. There is no known public exploit code, Metasploit modules, or evidence of active exploitation, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.