A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (version unknown). Affected is an unknown function of the component Linux Kernel. The manipulation as part of a Variable leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-125. The software reads 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:

A bool variable in Video function, which gets typecasted to int before being read could result in an out of bound read access in all Android releases from CAF using the linux kernel

The bug was discovered 10/01/2018. The weakness was shared 10/28/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at codeaurora.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-18281 since 05/18/2018. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 06/03/2023). 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 28 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Smartphone Operating System

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• Google

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• Android

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• free

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