CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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9.6 | $5k-$25k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability classified as very critical was found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (version now known). This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component Expat. The manipulation with an unknown input 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Expat allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed input document, which triggers a buffer overflow.
The weakness was shared 11/07/2016 by Gustavo Grieco as Android Security Bulletin - November 2016 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). The advisory is shared for download at source.android.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-0718 since 12/16/2015. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. 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 09/30/2022). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 91259 (Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 15.10 / 16.04 LTS : expat vulnerability (USN-2983-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 168881 (OpenSuSE Security Update for expat (openSUSE-SU-2016:1441-1)).
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (91259). The entries 87628, 89749, 90193 and 90194 are related to this item.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.6
VulDB Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Temp Score: 9.4
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Exploiting
Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 91259
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 15.10 / 16.04 LTS : expat vulnerability (USN-2983-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 802379
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for expat FEDORA-2016-7c6e7a9265
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
12/16/2015 🔍05/18/2016 🔍
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05/26/2016 🔍
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11/09/2016 🔍
09/30/2022 🔍
Sources
Vendor: google.comAdvisory: Android Security Bulletin - November 2016
Researcher: Gustavo Grieco
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-0718 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1036348
SecurityFocus: 90729 - Expat CVE-2016-0718 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Entry
Created: 11/09/2016 14:43Updated: 09/30/2022 14:47
Changes: 11/09/2016 14:43 (69), 05/28/2019 10:17 (13), 09/30/2022 14:47 (3)
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