CVE-2017-18685 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the InputMethod application on Samsung mobile devices running Android versions KitKat (4.4), Lollipop (5.0/5.1), and Marshmallow (6.0). An unauthenticated attacker can remotely trigger a system crash by sending a malformed serializable object within an Intent, leading to high availability impact. Despite its high CVSS score of 7.5, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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