CVE-2018-21040
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with O(8.x) and P(9.0) (Exynos 9810 chipsets)...
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).
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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).
- Record
CVE-2018-21040- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-362, CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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).
- Record
CVE-2018-21040- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-13558 No score
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).
- Record
EUVD-2018-13558- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rgv3-4hfm-m6vg No score
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with O(8.x) and P(9.0) (Exynos 9810 chipsets)...
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).
- Record
GHSA-rgv3-4hfm-m6vg- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-21040 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.1) in Google Android, published April 8, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.31%, the 23rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.