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CVE-2017-7978

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-04-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Samsung Android devices with L(5.0/5.1), M(6.0), and N(7.x) software allow attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading a world-readable log file after an unexpected reboot. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-8290.

Affected products

• Samsung Mobile: 5.0, 5.1, 6.0, 7.0, 7.1, 7.1.1 (+1)

References

• http://security.samsungmobile.com/smrupdate.html#SMR-APR-2017
• http://security.samsungmobile.com/smrupdate.html#SMR-APR-2017

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