Google Android Handover input validation

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Google Android. Affected is an unknown function of the component Handover. Performing a manipulation results in input validation. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-10387. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (affected version not known). This affects some unknown functionality of the component Handover. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, an assertion was potentially reachable in a handover scenario.

The bug was discovered 07/01/2017. The weakness was published 08/18/2017 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at source.android.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-10387 since 05/30/2017. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/08/2019). 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 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 103671†). Similar entries are available at VDB-83180, VDB-101214, VDB-103224 and VDB-103225. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• Smartphone Operating System

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• Google

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• Android

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• free

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• Vendor: https://www.google.com/

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