PT-2018-1606 · Google · Android

Published 2018-08-29 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2018-9473

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions 8.0

Description The issue is caused by an integer overflow in the ihevcd parse sei payload function of the ihevcd parse headers.c component in the Media framework of the Android operating system. This could lead to remote code execution with no additional execution privileges needed, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code using a specially crafted file. User interaction is required for exploitation.

Recommendations For Android version 8.0, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Memory Corruption

Integer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

CWE-190

Related Identifiers

BDU:2018-01165

CVE-2018-9473

Affected Products

Android

References · 7

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-01165 · Security Note
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libhevc/+/9f0fb67540d2259e4930d9bd5f1a1a6fb95af862 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-9473 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-9473 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/105481 · Note
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-10-01 · Note
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-10-01%2C · Note