Google Android on Qualcomm Firmware Signature memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Google Android on Qualcomm. It has been classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Firmware Signature Handler. This manipulation causes memory corruption. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-9998. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no 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) (unknown version). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Firmware Signature Handler. 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 summary by CVE is:

In Android before 2018-04-05 or earlier security patch level on Qualcomm Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile, and Snapdragon Wear IPQ4019, IPQ8064, MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9635M, MDM9640, MDM9650, QCA4531, QCA6174A, QCA6574AU, QCA6584, QCA6584AU, QCA9377, QCA9378, QCA9379, QCA9558, QCA9880, QCA9886, QCA9980, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 425, SD 625, SD 808, SD 810, SD 820, and SDX20, while processing firmware image signature, the internal buffer may overflow if the firmware signature size is large.

The bug was discovered 04/04/2018. The weakness was shared 04/18/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at source.android.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2014-9998 since 08/16/2017. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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†). The entries VDB-83180, VDB-105483, VDB-105484 and VDB-105488 are related to this item. 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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