Out-of-bounds read in Google Android - CVE-2018-11293
Published: September 18, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU36660
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11293
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Affected software:
Google Android
Google Android
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to gain access to sensitive information.
In all android releases (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, in wma_ndp_confirm_event_handler and wma_ndp_indication_event_handler, ndp_cfg len and num_ndp_app_info is from fw. If they are not checked, it may cause buffer over-read once the value is too large.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-11293
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-09-01#qualcomm-components
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-2.0/commit/?id=6fb7ac8d49631cdd09dbe72669d1a660dfce3bdb
- https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/09/04/september-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin