SB2018040314 - Race condition in Google, Google Android
Published: April 3, 2018 Updated: August 8, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018040314
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14880)
The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.
In Qualcomm Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, and QRD Android with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel before security patch level 2018-04-05, while IPA WAN-driver is processing multiple requests from modem/user-space module, the global variable "num_q6_rule" does not have a mutex lock and thus can be accessed and modified by multiple threads.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.