High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 8, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-21039

Description

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with N(7.0) software. With the Location permission for the compass feature in Quick Tools (aka QuickTools), an attacker can bypass the lockscreen. The Samsung ID is SVE-2018-12053 (December 2018).

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Affected products

Google/Android
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Samsung Mobile/mobile devicesllm-create
Range: N(7.0) software
Samsung Mobile/Quick Toolsllm-fuzzy
Range: N(7.0) software

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsbnvdVendor Advisory

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