NULL pointer dereference in Google Android - CVE-2017-9692
Published: March 30, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU37342
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9692
CWE-ID: CWE-476
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 remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, and QRD Android before 2017-06-03, a NULL pointer dereference may potentially occur. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-9692
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
Sources
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100210
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.18/commit/?id=061556e74a08f89f04b3da30119029ca3fd87ad8
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-4.4/commit/?id=ef8e3cd4588b5ae71b73a3aca751d59e882e6748
- https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/02/16/february-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin