An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with M(6.0) and N(7.x) (Exynos7420 or Exynox8890 chipsets) software.

published 2020-04-07 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2017-9766

cvss: 7.5; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 36%
public exploits: 0; none known

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with M(6.0) and N(7.x) (Exynos7420 or Exynox8890 chipsets) software. The Camera application can leak uninitialized memory via ion. The Samsung ID is SVE-2016-6989 (April 2017).

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Exploit prediction

0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

CWE-772 Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

References

security.samsungmobile.com /securityUpdate.smsb
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2017-18675
NVD CVE-2017-18675

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