PT-2018-19025 · Google · Android

Published 2018-11-14 · Updated 2018-12-27 · CVE-2018-9521

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/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 an incorrect bounds check in the parseMPEGCCData function of NuPlayer2CCDecoder.cpp. This could lead to a possible out of bounds write, resulting in remote code execution in an unprivileged process. No additional execution privileges are needed, but user interaction is required for exploitation.

Recommendations For Android version 9, update to a version that includes the fix for the issue in NuPlayer2CCDecoder.cpp to prevent potential remote code execution.

Fix

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-9521

Affected Products

Android

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-9521 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-9521 · Security Note
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-11-01 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/105865 · Note