CVE-2017-18689: Google Android

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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).

Affected products

• Google Android: version 6.0 only; version 7.0 only

Published 2020-04-07. Last modified 2026-06-17.