Buffer overflow in Google Android - CVE-2017-11019
Published: December 5, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU37838
CSH Severity: Low
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:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-11019
CWE-ID: CWE-119
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 execute arbitrary code.
In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, the fd allocated during the get_metadata was not closed even though the buffer allocated to the fd was freed. This resulted in a failure during exit sequence.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-11019
Install update from vendor's website.