Out-of-bounds write in Google Android - CVE-2018-11295
Published: September 18, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU36662
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-2018-11295
CWE-ID: CWE-787
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, WMA handler carries a fixed event data from the firmware to the host . If the length and anqp length from this event data exceeds the max length, an OOB write would happen.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-11295
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-3.0/commit/?id=e262728243f98d8a3578eb157cbc39580004de4f
- https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/09/04/september-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin