CVE-2018-14318: Samsung Galaxy s8 Firmware

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 2.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Samsung Galaxy S8 G950FXXU1AQL5. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must have their cellular radios enabled. The specific flaw exists within the handling of IPCP headers. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length, stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the baseband processor. Was ZDI-CAN-5368.

Affected products

• Samsung Galaxy s8 Firmware: version g950fxxu1aql5 only

Published 2018-09-24. Last modified 2026-06-17.