Google Android Qualcomm IPA Driver 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 Qualcomm IPA Driver. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2017-14879. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (version unknown) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component Qualcomm IPA Driver. 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.

The bug was discovered 01/15/2018. The weakness was published 01/02/2018 as Pixel?/?Nexus Security Bulletin - January 2018 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). The advisory is shared at source.android.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-14879 since 09/28/2017. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/29/2021). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

Similar entries are available at VDB-111636, VDB-111637, VDB-111638 and VDB-111639. 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: Yes

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09/28/2017 🔍
01/02/2018 +96 days 🔍
01/02/2018 +0 days 🔍
01/10/2018 +8 days 🔍
01/11/2018 +1 days 🔍
01/15/2018 +4 days 🔍
01/29/2021 +1110 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com

Advisory: Pixel?/?Nexus Security Bulletin - January 2018
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-14879 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-14879
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-111685
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/11/2018 10:26
Updated: 01/29/2021 16:34
Changes: 01/11/2018 10:26 (60), 12/22/2019 06:27 (3), 01/29/2021 16:34 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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