CVE-2018-21039: Google Android

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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).

Affected products

• Google Android: version 7.0 only

Published 2020-04-08. Last modified 2026-06-17.