A vulnerability was found in Google Android 7.1.1/7.1.2/8.0/8.1/9.0 (Smartphone Operating System). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects the function rw_t4t_sm_read_ndef of the component NFC Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds write vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-787. The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In rw_t4t_sm_read_ndef of rw_t4t in Android 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, 8.1 and 9, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege in the NFC service with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

The weakness was released 09/05/2019. This vulnerability was named CVE-2019-2178 since 12/10/2018. The attack needs to be approached locally. The successful exploitation requires a single authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 12/13/2023). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-141319, VDB-141318, VDB-141317 and VDB-141315. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• Smartphone Operating System

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• Google

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• Android

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• 7.1.1
• 7.1.2
• 8.0
• 8.1
• 9.0

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• free

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