VDB-105524 · CVE-2015-9050 · BID 99467

Google Android CA Call out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Android. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component CA Call Handler. Such manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2015-9050. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (version now known). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component CA Call Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a vulnerability exists where an array out of bounds access can occur during a CA call.

The bug was discovered 07/01/2017. The weakness was shared 08/18/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at source.android.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-9050 since 04/18/2017. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 48 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 99467†). The entries VDB-101214, VDB-103224, VDB-103225 and VDB-103226 are related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Smartphone Operating System

Vendor

Google

Name

Android

License

free

Website

Vendor: https://www.google.com/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.4

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 9.8
NVD Vector: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Timelineinfo

04/18/2017 🔍
07/01/2017 +74 days 🔍
07/07/2017 +6 days 🔍
08/18/2017 +42 days 🔍
08/18/2017 +0 days 🔍
08/19/2017 +1 days 🔍
11/08/2019 +811 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com

Advisory: source.android.com
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2015-9050 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-9050
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-105524
SecurityFocus: 99467 - Qualcomm Closed-Source Components Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities

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

Created: 08/19/2017 08:44
Updated: 11/08/2019 16:15
Changes: 08/19/2017 08:44 (61), 11/08/2019 16:15 (4)
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