Race Condition and Use-After-Free Vulnerability in Samsung Exynos 9810 Chipsets (SVE-2018-12959)

Race Condition and Use-After-Free Vulnerability in Samsung Exynos 9810 Chipsets (SVE-2018-12959)

CVE-2018-21040 · HIGH Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with O(8.x) and P(9.0) (Exynos 9810 chipsets) software. There is a race condition with a resultant use-after-free in the g2d driver. The Samsung ID is SVE-2018-12959 (December 2018).

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