A vulnerability was found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (version unknown). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component WLAN. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect 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, possibility of invalid memory access while processing driver command in WLAN function.

The bug was discovered 09/04/2018. The weakness was presented 09/19/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at source.codeaurora.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-11878 since 06/07/2018. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/17/2023). 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 15 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

See VDB-124247, VDB-124246, VDB-124245 and VDB-124244 for similar entries.

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