PT-2018-17180 · Google+1 · Android+1

Published 2018-06-12 · Updated 2018-08-03 · CVE-2018-5842

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Android (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue arises when a compromised WLAN firmware sends incorrect data to the WLAN driver, potentially leading to an arbitrary address write. This affects all Android releases from CAF (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) that utilize the Linux Kernel.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-5842

Affected Products

Android

Linux Kernel

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5842 · Security Note
• https://codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/05/11/may-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin-2 · Patch
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-05-01 · Note