CVE-2018-21051

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% 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-74

Description

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x) and O(8.x) (Exynos chipsets) software. There is an invalid free in the fingerprint Trustlet, leading to arbitrary code execution. The Samsung ID is SVE-2018-12853 (October 2018).

Affected products

Android: 7.0, 7.1.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, 8.1

References

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

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