PT-2018-6014 · Mozilla+2 · Firefox Os+2

Published 2018-01-10 · Updated 2018-01-26 · CVE-2017-15850

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Android for MSM versions (affected versions not specified) Firefox OS for MSM versions (affected versions not specified) QRD Android versions (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue allows userspace to read values from audio codec registers in certain Android and Firefox OS releases that utilize the Linux kernel.

Recommendations: For Android for MSM, restrict access to audio codec registers until a patch is available. For Firefox OS for MSM, consider disabling access to sensitive audio codec data as a temporary workaround. For QRD Android, avoid using the affected audio codec functionality until the issue is resolved. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-15850

Affected Products

Android

Firefox Os

Linux Kernel

References · 6

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15850 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15850 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15850 · Security Note
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-01-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15850 · Security Note
• https://github.com/CopperheadOS/kernel_google_wahoo/commit/c397e14037f23aec1bb4bae2f52d8c4dd98bb793 · Note