A vulnerability was found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (unknown version) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component SPS Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. Impacted is 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, A use after free condition can occur in the SPS driver which can lead to error in kernel.

The bug was discovered 12/03/2018. The weakness was published 12/20/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at codeaurora.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-11960 since 06/07/2018. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. 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 04/22/2020). 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 17 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

Similar entries are available at 128141, 128211, 128212 and 128213.

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• Smartphone Operating System

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• Google

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• Android

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