Google Android on Snapdragon Qualcomm null pointer dereference
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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Google Android on Snapdragon (Smartphone Operating System) (unknown version). This affects an unknown code block of the component Qualcomm. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:
In Android before security patch level 2018-04-05 on Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wear MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9635M, MDM9640, MDM9645, MDM9650, MDM9655, MSM8909W, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 425, SD 430, SD 450, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 820, SD 835, SD 845, SD 850, added a change to check if the pointer has been reset to NULL or not, before writing to the memory pointed by the pointer.
The bug was discovered 04/05/2018. The weakness was released 04/11/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at source.android.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-3592 since 12/19/2017. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/24/2020). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 6 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.
Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 83180, 105483, 105484 and 105488.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4
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Exploiting
Class: Null pointer dereferenceCWE: CWE-476 / CWE-404
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Timeline
12/19/2017 🔍04/05/2018 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: google.comAdvisory: source.android.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-3592 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 103671 - Google Android Multiple Qualcomm Components Multiple Unspecified Security Vulnerabilities
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Entry
Created: 04/12/2018 16:30Updated: 01/24/2020 15:40
Changes: 04/12/2018 16:30 (63), 01/24/2020 15:40 (4)
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