Buffer overflow in Google Android - CVE-2018-5840
Published: June 6, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU37078
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5840
CWE-ID: CWE-120
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 execute arbitrary code.
Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input can occur during the DRM SDE driver initialization sequence in all Android releases from CAF (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) using the Linux Kernel.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-5840
Install update from vendor's website.