High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 7, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-18689

Description

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with M(6.0) and N(7.0) (Exynos5433, Exynos7420, or Exynos7870 chipsets) software. An attacker can bypass a ko (aka Kernel Module) signature by modifying the count of kernel modules. The Samsung ID is SVE-2016-7466 (January 2017).

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Affected products

Google/Android2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Samsung/mobile devicesdescription
Samsung Mobile/mobile devicesllm-create
Range: M(6.0) and N(7.0)
Samsung Pay/Samsung Payllm-fuzzy
Range: M(6.0) and N(7.0)

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsbnvdVendor Advisory

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