Use-after-free in Google Android - CVE-2018-5904
Published: November 27, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU36379
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5904
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Affected software:
Google Android
Google Android
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.
In all android releases(Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, while list traversal in LPM status driver for clean up, use after free vulnerability may occur.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-5904
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-4.4/commit/?id=88b838c8952ec6414c72449ae15768d15d2606dd
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-4.9/commit/?id=8e82c0d84ccee87309fd22f8208915f0ba502b26
- https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/11/05/november-2018-code-aurora-forum-security-bulletin