Integer overflow in Google Android - CVE-2018-11894
Published: September 19, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU36636
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-2018-11894
CWE-ID: CWE-190
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 processing preferred network offload scan results integer overflow may lead to buffer overflow when large frame length is received from FW.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-11894
Install update from vendor's website.