PT-2018-5494 · Google · Android

Published 2018-01-12 · Updated 2018-02-02 · CVE-2017-13183

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.0

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Android versions 8.1

Description: The issue is related to a possible use after free due to a race condition in the OMXNodeInstance::useBuffer and IOMX::freeBuffer functions. This could lead to a local elevation of privilege, enabling code execution as a privileged process with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is required for exploitation.

Recommendations: For Android version 8.1, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Race Condition

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-13183

Affected Products

Android

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13183 · Security Note
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-01-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-13183 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/102421 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1040106 · Note