Race condition in Google Android - CVE-2018-5845
Published: June 6, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU37080
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5845
CWE-ID: CWE-362
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.
A race condition in drm_atomic_nonblocking_commit() in the display driver can potentially lead to a Use After Free scenario in all Android releases from CAF (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) using the Linux Kernel.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-5845
Install update from vendor's website.