CVE-2017-18673
An attacker can disable the Location service on a locked device, making it impossible for the rightful owner to find a stolen device.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.13%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x) software. An attacker can disable the Location service on a locked device, making it impossible for the rightful owner to find a stolen device. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-8524 (May 2017).
- CVSS 3.1
- 2.4 LOWCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.13% probability · 3th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- google/android
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.1% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsbVendor Advisory
- https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsbVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.