Vulnerability
CVE-2017-18649
Component: BOOT
Location: FIRMWARE
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).
Impact
Severity (Manufact.)
N/A
Severity (NIST)
7.2
Severity (Android)
N/A
Chipsets
1
Devices
87
Affected Hardware
| Name | Also known as | Manufacturer |
|---|---|---|
| MSM8998 | Snapdragon 835 Snapdragon 835 Mobile PC Platform | Qualcomm |
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Timeline
Introduced (est):
Apr 1, 2018
Reported:
Unknown
Advisory Published:
N/A
CVE Published:
Apr 7, 2020
Android Patch Level:
None
