A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (the affected version is unknown). Affected is an unknown code of the component WLAN Host. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds write vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-787. The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In all android releases (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, lack of length validation check for value received from caller function used as an array index for WMA interfaces can lead to OOB write in WLAN HOST.

The bug was discovered 09/04/2018. The weakness was shared 09/19/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at source.codeaurora.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-11903 since 06/07/2018. The exploitability is told to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of 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.

The entries 124255, 124253, 124252 and 124251 are related to this item.

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