Out-of-bounds write in Google Android - CVE-2018-21087

 

Out-of-bounds write in Google Android - CVE-2018-21087

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU34521
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-2018-21087
CWE-ID: CWE-787
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 L(5.x), M(6.x), and N(7.x) software. There is a vnswap heap-based buffer overflow via the store function, with resultant privilege escalation. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-10599 (January 2018).


How to mitigate CVE-2018-21087

Install update from vendor's website.

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