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NULL Pointer Dereference

CVE-2017-18665

High
8.8/10

Summary

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with M(6.0) software. There is a NULL pointer exception in WifiService via adb-cmd, causing memory corruption. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-8287 (June 2017).

  • LOW
  • ADJACENT_NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

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  • Published