Google Android Qualcomm memory corruption

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Google Android. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Qualcomm. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2017-15860. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (version now known). This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Qualcomm. The manipulation with an unknown input 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 Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, while processing an encrypted authentication management frame, a stack buffer overflow may potentially occur.

The bug was discovered 02/05/2018. The weakness was published 02/23/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at source.android.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-15860 since 10/24/2017. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/08/2020). 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 18 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-112858, VDB-112859, VDB-113149 and VDB-113151. 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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