Google Android NVIDIA Media Server out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Google Android. This affects an unknown part of the component NVIDIA Media Server. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2018-6254. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (affected version not known) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component NVIDIA Media Server. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In Android before the 2018-05-05 security patch level, NVIDIA Media Server contains an out-of-bounds read (due to improper input validation) vulnerability which could lead to local information disclosure. This issue is rated as moderate. Android: A-64340684. Reference: N-CVE-2018-6254.

The bug was discovered 05/05/2018. The weakness was released 05/10/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at source.android.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-6254 since 01/25/2018. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-117580, VDB-119393, VDB-119394 and VDB-119395. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.2

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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NVD Base Score: 3.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

01/25/2018 🔍
05/05/2018 +100 days 🔍
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05/10/2018 +4 days 🔍
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02/04/2020 +635 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com

Advisory: source.android.com
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2018-6254 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-6254
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-117581
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/10/2018 21:45
Updated: 02/04/2020 09:37
Changes: 05/10/2018 21:45 (60), 02/04/2020 09:37 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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