Google Android FILS memory corruption

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A vulnerability has been found in Google Android and classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component FILS. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2018-3569. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

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A vulnerability was found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (the affected version unknown) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the component FILS. 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:

A buffer over-read can occur during a fast initial link setup (FILS) connection in Android releases from CAF using the linux kernel (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) before security patch level 2018-06-05.

The bug was discovered 07/02/2018. The weakness was published 07/06/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at source.android.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-3569 since 12/19/2017. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. 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 $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/05/2023). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.

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

Similar entries are available at VDB-120503, VDB-120504, VDB-120522 and VDB-120523. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality 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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