PT-2018-19007 · Google · Android

Published 2018-11-06 · Updated 2018-12-12 · CVE-2018-9437

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.1

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions 6.0 through 8.1

Description The issue is related to a possible out-of-bounds read in the getstring function of ID3.cpp due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to a remote denial of service, and no additional execution privileges are needed. User interaction is required for exploitation.

Recommendations For Android versions 6.0 through 8.1, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue to prevent potential remote denial of service attacks.

Fix

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-9437

Affected Products

Android

References · 4

• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-08-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-9437 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-9437 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1041432 · Note