PT-2018-19026 · Google · Android

Published 2018-11-14 · Updated 2018-12-27 · CVE-2018-9522

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 version 9

Description The issue is related to unnecessary functionality in the serialization functions of StatsLogEventWrapper.java, which could lead to a possible out-of-bounds write. This may result in local escalation of privilege in the system process without requiring additional execution privileges. User interaction is not necessary for exploitation.

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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-9522

Affected Products

Android

References · 4

• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-11-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-9522 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-9522 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/105848 · Note