Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 8, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-21042
CVE-2018-21042
Description
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x), O(8.x), and P(9.0) software. Dual Messenger allows installation of an arbitrary APK with resultant privileged code execution. The Samsung ID is SVE-2018-13299 (December 2018).
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Affected products
8cpe:2.3:o:google:android:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 6 more
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:7.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:7.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:7.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: N(7.x), O(8.x), and P(9.0)
Patches
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References
1- security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsbnvdVendor Advisory
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