Buffer overflow in Google Android - CVE-2018-11298
Published: September 18, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU36665
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11298
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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 SET_PASSPOINT_LIST vendor command HDD does not make sure that the realm string that gets passed by upper-layer is NULL terminated. This may lead to buffer overflow as strlen is used to get realm string length to construct the PASSPOINT WMA command.
Affected software
Google Android
How to mitigate CVE-2018-11298
Install update from vendor's website.
External References
- 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=9074c6cfb9c0bbfe279394eec0d3176c4f75ce80
- https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/09/04/september-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin