Google Android memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Google Android. It has been classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-11298. Attacking locally is a requirement. No exploit is available. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (unknown version). This affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In all android releases(Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, while processing SET_PASSPOINT_LIST vendor command HDD does not make sure that the realm string that gets passed by upper-layer is NULL terminated. This may lead to buffer overflow as strlen is used to get realm string length to construct the PASSPOINT WMA command.

The bug was discovered 09/05/2018. The weakness was published 09/18/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at source.android.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-11298 since 05/18/2018. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around 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.

Similar entries are available at VDB-124170, VDB-124172, VDB-124175 and VDB-124178. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best 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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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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