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CVE-2018-21039

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-04-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-863

Description

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with N(7.0) software. With the Location permission for the compass feature in Quick Tools (aka QuickTools), an attacker can bypass the lockscreen. The Samsung ID is SVE-2018-12053 (December 2018).

Affected products

• Android: 7.0

References

• https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb
• https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb

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