PT-2018-1843 · Google · Android

Published 2018-08-15 · Updated 2018-12-27 · CVE-2018-9537

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 a missing bounds check in the media server, which could lead to remote code execution with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is required for exploitation. The problem is associated with an out-of-bounds write in the media framework component.

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:2018-01445

CVE-2018-9537

Affected Products

Android

References · 6

• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-11-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-9537 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-9537 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-01445 · Security Note
• https://threatpost.ru/google-fixes-seven-critical-flaws-in-android/29028 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/105865 · Note