PT-2018-6702 · Mozilla+2 · Firefox Os+2

Published 2018-06-15 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-18169

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

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

Description: A denial-of-service (DOS) issue exists in the ashmem component of the Linux kernel in Android releases, allowing a user process to perform a kernel DOS when doing cache maintenance operations.

Recommendations: For Android for MSM, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. For Firefox OS for MSM, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. For QRD Android, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue.

Fix

Assertion Failure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-617

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-18169

Affected Products

Android

Firefox Os

Linux Kernel

References · 5

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-18169 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18169 · Security Note
• https://codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/06/04/june-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-18169 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-18169 · Security Note