PT-2018-5728 · Google+1 · Android+1

Published 2018-07-06 · Updated 2018-08-27 · CVE-2017-14872

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Android releases from CAF using the linux kernel (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) before security patch level 2018-06-05

Description: A buffer over-read can potentially occur when flashing a meta image and the number of images exceeds the maximum range of 32.

Recommendations: For Android releases from CAF using the linux kernel (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) before security patch level 2018-06-05, ensure that the number of images does not exceed the maximum range of 32 when flashing a meta image to prevent a buffer over-read. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-14872

Affected Products

Android

Linux Kernel

References · 3

• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-06-01#qualcomm-components · Vendor Advisory
• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/abl/tianocore/edk2/commit/?id=1daa83baa41d1e6291e89f69e6487695b6890c01 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14872 · Security Note