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CVE-2017-18649

HIGH · CVSS 7.2 EPSS 0.28%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2020-04-07 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.2. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2017-18649
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.2
EPSS
0.28%

Original NVD Description

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).

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