Google Android WMA out-of-bounds write

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Google Android. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component WMA Handler. The manipulation results in out-of-bounds write. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2018-11295. The attack requires a local approach. No exploit exists. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (affected version not known). Affected is some unknown functionality of the component WMA Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds write vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-787. The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In all android releases(Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, WMA handler carries a fixed event data from the firmware to the host . If the length and anqp length from this event data exceeds the max length, an OOB write would happen.

The bug was discovered 09/05/2018. The weakness was disclosed 09/18/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at source.android.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-11295 since 05/18/2018. The exploitability is told to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/16/2023). 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 13 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

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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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