Buffer overflow in Google Android - CVE-2018-11265
Published: September 18, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU36650
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-2018-11265
CWE-ID: CWE-119
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, possible buffer overflow while incrementing the log_buf of type uint64_t in memcpy function, since the log_buf pointer can access the memory beyond the size to store the data after pointer increment.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-11265
Install update from vendor's website.