PT-2018-19050 · Google · Android

Published 2018-12-06 · Updated 2019-01-02 · CVE-2018-9559

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 an out-of-bounds write in the persist set key and other functions of cryptfs.cpp. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not required for exploitation.

Recommendations For Android versions 7.0 through 9, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-9559

Affected Products

Android

References · 4

• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-12-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-9559 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-9559 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/106147 · Note