Google Android on Qualcomm Array Access array index

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Google Android on Qualcomm. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Array Access. The manipulation leads to array index. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2014-9989. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability was found in Google Android on Qualcomm (Smartphone Operating System) (the affected version is unknown). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component Array Access. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a array index vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-129. The product uses untrusted input when calculating or using an array index, but the product does not validate or incorrectly validates the index to ensure the index references a valid position within the array. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In Android before 2018-04-05 or earlier security patch level on Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wear MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9615, MDM9625, MDM9635M, MSM8909W, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 400, SD 410/12, SD 425, SD 430, SD 600, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 808, SD 810, and SD 450, if an incorrect endpoint number or direction is passed, an out of bounds array access may occur in the USB management module.

The bug was discovered 04/04/2018. The weakness was released 04/18/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at source.android.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-9989 since 08/16/2017. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful 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 01/26/2020). 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 14 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†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-83180, VDB-105483, VDB-105484 and VDB-105488. 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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