PT-2018-19049 · Google · Android

Published 2018-12-06 · Updated 2019-11-13 · CVE-2018-9558

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 versions 7.0 through 9

Description The issue is related to a possible out-of-bounds write in the NFC kernel due to a missing bounds check in the rw t2t handle tlv detect function of rw t2t ndef.cc. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is required for exploitation.

Recommendations For Android versions 7.0 through 9, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue to prevent local escalation of privilege.

Fix

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-9558

Affected Products

Android

References · 4

• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-12-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-9558 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-9558 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/106147 · Note