PT-2018-19020 · Google · Android Kernel

Published 2018-11-06 · Updated 2018-12-12 · CVE-2018-9465

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android kernel

Description The issue is related to a possible memory corruption due to a use after free in the task get unused fd flags function of binder.c. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not required for exploitation.

Recommendations For Android kernel, consider applying the upstream kernel fix to resolve the issue.

Fix

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-9465

Affected Products

Android Kernel

References · 10

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-9465 · Vendor Advisory
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-08-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-9465 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-9465 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-9465 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-9465 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-9465 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-9465 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1041432 · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/linus/7f3dc0088b98533f17128058fac73cd8b2752ef1 · Note