PT-2018-1628 · Google · Android

Published 2018-04-05 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2018-9511

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions 9.0

Description The issue is related to a possible failure to initialize a security feature due to uninitialized data in the ipSecSetEncapSocketOwner function of XfrmController.cpp. This could lead to a local denial of service of IPsec on sockets with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. The vulnerability may also be related to errors in resource release, which could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

Recommendations For Android version 9.0, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Improper Resource Release

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-909

CWE-404

Related Identifiers

BDU:2018-01187

CVE-2018-9511

Affected Products

Android

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-9511 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-01187 · Security Note
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-10-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/netd/+/931418b16c7197ca2df34c2a5609e49791125abe · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-9511 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/105482 · Note
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-10-01%2C · Note