PT-2018-17174 · Google+1 · Android+1

Published 2018-07-06 · Updated 2018-08-28 · CVE-2018-5835

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Android releases from CAF using the linux kernel (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) before security patch level 2018-06-05

Description: A buffer overflow may occur in the wlan hdd cfg80211 add key() function when copying keyRSC if the seq len is greater than CSR MAX RSC LEN. This issue is related to the Linux kernel used in Android releases.

Recommendations: For Android releases from CAF using the linux kernel (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) before security patch level 2018-06-05, update to a version with a security patch level of 2018-06-05 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-5835

Affected Products

Android

Linux Kernel

References · 4

• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/prima/commit/?id=5a0eeb72c3cde7dcb8096967561a88a678ad9aec · Patch
• https://codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/07/02/july-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5835 · Security Note
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-06-01#qualcomm-components · Vendor Advisory