Integer underflow in Google Android - CVE-2018-21065

 

Integer underflow in Google Android - CVE-2018-21065

Published: April 8, 2020 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU34493
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-21065
CWE-ID: CWE-191
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Affected software:
Google Android

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with M(6.0), N(7.x), and O(8.x) software. There is an integer underflow in eCryptFS because of a missing size check. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-11855 (August 2018).


How to mitigate CVE-2018-21065

Install update from vendor's website.

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