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TI-2017-13835 Aliases CVE-2017-18681GHSA-cw6r-hw8g-cx8v

An issue was discovered on Samsung Galaxy S5 mobile devices with software through…

Priority MEDIUM 45CWE-120Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-120 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

An issue was discovered on Samsung Galaxy S5 mobile devices with software through 2016-12-20 (Qualcomm AP chipsets). There are multiple buffer overflows in the bootloader. The Samsung ID is SVE-2016-7930 (March 2017).

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01456 73rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:samsung:galaxy_s5_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 2016-12-20VulnerableSamsung
cpe:2.3:h:samsung:galaxy_s5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDRunning onSamsung
  • cpe:2.3:o:samsung:galaxy_s5_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2016-12-20 Vulnerable ·Samsung
  • cpe:2.3:h:samsung:galaxy_s5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Samsung

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-18681
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cw6r-hw8g-cx8v

References

Advisory 1

Sources

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