SB2020040885 - Race condition in Google, Google Android



SB2020040885 - Race condition in Google, Google Android

Published: April 8, 2020 Updated: August 8, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2020040885
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-21084)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with L(5.1), M(6.0), and N(7.x) software. There is a race condition with a resultant read-after-free issue in get_kek. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-11174 (February 2018).


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.