VDB-101213 · CVE-2017-8245 · BID 98543

Google Android Linux Kernel SVC Request memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Android. It has been rated as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Linux Kernel. The manipulation as part of SVC Request leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2017-8245. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (version unknown). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Linux Kernel. The manipulation as part of a SVC Request leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, while processing a voice SVC request which is nonstandard by specifying a payload size that will overflow its own declared size, an out of bounds memory copy occurs.

The bug was discovered 05/01/2017. The weakness was presented 05/12/2017 with Qihoo 360 (Website). The advisory is shared at codeaurora.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-8245 since 04/25/2017. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 11 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 98543†). See VDB-101214 and VDB-101212 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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04/25/2017 🔍
05/01/2017 +6 days 🔍
05/12/2017 +11 days 🔍
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05/13/2017 +1 days 🔍
12/23/2020 +1320 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com

Advisory: codeaurora.org
Researcher: Yonggang Guo (@guoygang)
Organization: Qihoo 360
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-8245 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-8245
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-101213
SecurityFocus: 98543
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-8245 - Google - Android - Out-of-Bounds Read Issue

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/13/2017 09:14
Updated: 12/23/2020 13:45
Changes: 05/13/2017 09:14 (62), 09/26/2020 11:22 (6), 12/23/2020 13:45 (2)
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