PT-2018-1842 · Google · Android

Published 2018-06-08 · Updated 2018-12-14 · CVE-2018-9536

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Android version 9

Description: The issue is related to the Media framework component of the Android operating system, where there is a buffer overflow due to incorrect bounds checks in numerous functions of libFDK. This could lead to remote code execution with no additional execution privileges needed, but user interaction is required for exploitation.

Recommendations: For Android version 9, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Memory Corruption

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2018-01444

CVE-2018-9536

Affected Products

Android

References · 9

• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-11-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-9536 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-9536 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-9536 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-01444 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-9536 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-9536 · Security Note
• https://threatpost.ru/google-fixes-seven-critical-flaws-in-android/29028 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/105865 · Note