CVE-2017-5538 is a critical out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the GPU driver of Samsung mobile devices running Android M (6.0) and N (7.0) with Exynos AP chipsets. It carries a CVSS score of 9.8, indicating a network-exploitable vulnerability with low attack complexity that can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there are no known public exploits or active exploitation, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, suggesting awareness and potential for future exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:samsung:samsung_mobile:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:samsung:samsung_mobile:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.