PT-2018-1962 · Google · Android

Published 2018-08-15 · Updated 2019-11-13 · CVE-2018-9551

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 a missing bounds check in the CAacDecoder Init function of aacdecoder.cpp, which could lead to an out-of-bound write. This might allow remote code execution in the media server without needing additional execution privileges. User interaction is required 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

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2018-01569

CVE-2018-9551

Affected Products

Android

References · 5

• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-12-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-9551 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-9551 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-01569 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/106137 · Note