PT-2018-18993 · Google · Android

Published 2018-11-14 · Updated 2018-12-27 · CVE-2018-9347

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions 7.0 through 9

Description The issue is caused by incorrect input validation in the SMF ParseMetaEvent function, located in the eas smf.c file. This can lead to an infinite loop, resulting in a remote temporary denial of service (DoS) without requiring additional execution privileges. User interaction is necessary for exploitation.

Recommendations For Android versions 7.0 through 9, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-9347

Affected Products

Android

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-9347 · Security Note
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-11-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-9347 · Vendor Advisory
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-06-01 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/105844 · Note