PT-2018-17175 · Google+1 · Android+1

Published 2018-07-06 · Updated 2018-08-27 · CVE-2018-5836

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

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

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: The issue arises from the wma nan rsp event handler() function, where the data len value received from firmware is not properly validated. This could potentially lead to an out-of-bounds access.

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

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-5836

Affected Products

Android

Linux Kernel

References · 4

• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-06-01#qualcomm-components · Vendor Advisory
• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-3.0/commit/?id=12a789c2e0e9fd2df40ac13ac27fe99487263887 · Patch
• https://codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/07/02/july-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5836 · Security Note