Google Android IPA Driver use after free

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Google Android. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component IPA Driver. Such manipulation leads to use after free. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-5846. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (the affected version unknown). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component IPA Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A Use After Free condition can occur in the IPA driver whenever the IPA IOCTLs IPA_IOC_NOTIFY_WAN_UPSTREAM_ROUTE_ADD/IPA_IOC_NOTIFY_WAN_UPSTREAM_ROUTE_DEL/IPA_IOC_NOTIFY_WAN_EMBMS_CONNECTED are called in all Android releases from CAF (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) using the Linux Kernel.

The bug was discovered 05/11/2018. The weakness was shared 06/06/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at source.android.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-5846 since 01/19/2018. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 02/15/2020). 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 26 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The entries VDB-117573, VDB-117574, VDB-119006 and VDB-119016 are related to this item. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Use after free
CWE: CWE-416 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

01/19/2018 🔍
05/11/2018 +112 days 🔍
06/06/2018 +25 days 🔍
06/06/2018 +0 days 🔍
06/07/2018 +1 days 🔍
02/15/2020 +618 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com

Advisory: source.android.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-5846 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-5846
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-119024
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/07/2018 08:34
Updated: 02/15/2020 14:56
Changes: 06/07/2018 08:34 (59), 02/15/2020 14:56 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:BA2:103

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