PT-2018-4675 · Google · Android

Published 2018-04-18 · Updated 2018-05-01 · CVE-2016-10439

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 versions prior to 2018-04-05 security patch level

Description The issue is related to a TOCTOU vulnerability in the input validation for the bulletin board read syscall. This vulnerability occurs because a pointer dereference is being validated without ensuring that the pointer hasn't been changed by the HLOS program.

Recommendations For Android versions prior to 2018-04-05 security patch level, update to a version with a security patch level of 2018-04-05 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Race Condition

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-10439

Affected Products

Android

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10439 · Security Note
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-04-01 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/103671 · Note