PT-2019-16271 · Google · Android

Published 2019-09-05 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2019-2179

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions 7.1.1 through 9

Description The issue is related to a possible out of bounds read due to an integer overflow in the NDEF MsgValidate function of ndef utils. This could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed, requiring user interaction for exploitation.

Recommendations For Android versions 7.1.1 through 9, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Out of bounds Read

Integer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

CWE-190

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-2179

Affected Products

Android

References · 3

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-2179 · Vendor Advisory
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2019-09-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-2179 · Security Note