Out-of-bounds read in Google Android - CVE-2020-11125
Published: October 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU47477
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-11125
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Google Android
Google Android
Software vendor:
Google
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in the mhi_process_data_event_ring() function in drivers/bus/mhi/core/mhi_main.c file within the Qualcomm MHI bus driver. A remote attacker can trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.
Affected components: msm kernel 4.9 and msm kernel 4.14.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.