PT-2018-19040 · Google · Android

Published 2018-11-14 · Updated 2018-12-17 · CVE-2018-9540

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue is related to a possible out of bounds read in the avrc ctrl pars vendor rsp function of avrc pars ct.c due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to remote information disclosure over Bluetooth with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not required for exploitation.

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

Fix

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-9540

Affected Products

Android

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-9540 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-9540 · Security Note
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-11-01 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/105849 · Note