A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (version unknown). This affects an unknown function of the component Linux Kernel. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In all android releases(Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, buffer overflow may occur when payload size is extremely large.

The bug was discovered 09/04/2018. The weakness was presented 09/18/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at source.codeaurora.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-11274 since 05/18/2018. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 14 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

See 124177, 124176, 124175 and 124174 for similar entries.

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