Out-of-bounds read in Google Android - CVE-2018-5897
Published: July 6, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU36978
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5897
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Affected software:
Google Android
Google Android
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
While reading the data from buffer in dci_process_ctrl_status() there can be buffer over-read problem if the len is not checked correctly 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-5897
Install update from vendor's website.