Out-of-bounds read in Google Android - CVE-2018-5896
Published: July 6, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU36977
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5896
CWE-ID: CWE-125
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 #BASIC_IMPACT#.
In Android releases from CAF using the linux kernel (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) before security patch level 2018-06-05, kernel panic may happen due to out-of-bound read, caused by not checking source buffer length against length of packet stream to be copied.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-5896
Install update from vendor's website.