Google Android Camera Driver msm_isp_stop_stats_stream information disclosure

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Google Android. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Camera Driver. Performing a manipulation of the argument msm_isp_stop_stats_stream as part of Variable results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-9696. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (the affected version is unknown). This affects an unknown code of the component Camera Driver. The manipulation of the argument msm_isp_stop_stats_stream as part of a Variable leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, buffer over-read is possible in camera driver function msm_isp_stop_stats_stream. Variable stream_cfg_cmd->num_streams is from userspace, and it is not checked against "MSM_ISP_STATS_MAX".

The bug was discovered 11/06/2017. The weakness was published 11/16/2017 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at source.android.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-9696 since 06/15/2017. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 10 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

Similar entries are available at VDB-104449, VDB-109492, VDB-109498 and VDB-109499. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality 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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• free

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• Vendor: https://www.google.com/

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