PT-2018-5539 · Google · Android

Published 2018-04-04 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-13252

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 8.0, 8.1

Description: The issue is caused by an out of bounds write in the CryptoHal::decrypt function due to improper input validation, resulting in a read from uninitialized memory. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is required for exploitation.

Recommendations: For Android versions 8.0 and 8.1, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue to prevent local escalation of privilege.

Fix

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-13252

Affected Products

Android

References · 4

• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-03-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13252 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-13252 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/103255 · Note