PT-2018-17197 · Google+1 · Android+1

Published 2018-07-06 · Updated 2018-09-04 · CVE-2018-5862

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 versions prior to security patch level 2018-07-05

Description: A buffer overwrite can potentially occur in the wlan hdd cfg80211 vendor scan() function when SCAN SSIDS and QCA WLAN VENDOR ATTR SCAN FREQUENCIES are parsed. This issue affects all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel before the specified security patch level.

Recommendations: For Android versions prior to the security patch level 2018-07-05, update to a version that includes the security patch level 2018-07-05 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-5862

Affected Products

Android

Linux Kernel

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5862 · Security Note
• https://codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/07/02/july-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin · Patch
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-07-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-3.0/commit/?id=41ad3f76792e08a84962a0b8e9cfb1ba6c4c9ca6 · Patch