A vulnerability was found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (affected version unknown). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Linux Kernel. The manipulation as part of a Variable 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 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, a partition name-check variable is not reset for every iteration which may cause improper termination in the META image.

The bug was discovered 11/05/2018. The weakness was disclosed 11/27/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at source.codeaurora.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-11995 since 06/07/2018. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 22 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 105872†). The entries VDB-124161 and VDB-127702 are pretty similar.

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• Android

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