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CVE-2018-21089 (GCVE-0-2018-21089)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-04-08 13:30 – Updated: 2024-08-05 12:19
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Summary
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x) (MT6755/MT6757 Mediatek models) software. Bootloader has an integer overflow that leads to arbitrary code execution via the download offset control. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-10732 (January 2018).
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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