PT-2018-5493 · Google · Android

Published 2018-01-12 · Updated 2018-02-02 · CVE-2017-13182

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 8.0, 8.1

Description: The issue is related to a possible integer overflow in the sendFormatChange function of ACodec, which could lead to an out-of-bounds write. This could result in a local elevation of privilege, enabling code execution as a privileged process with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not required for exploitation.

Recommendations: For Android versions 8.0 and 8.1, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue to prevent potential exploitation.

Fix

Integer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-190

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-13182

Affected Products

Android

References · 5

• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-01-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13182 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-13182 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1040106 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/102414 · Note