Google Android Display memory corruption

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Google Android. This affects an unknown function of the component Display. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-5909. The attack can only be executed locally. There is no exploit available. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (affected version not known). This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component Display. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect 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, buffer overflow occur may occur in display handlers due to lack of checking in buffer size before copying into it and will lead to memory corruption.

The bug was discovered 11/05/2018. The weakness was shared 11/27/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at source.codeaurora.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-5909 since 01/19/2018. The exploitation appears to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. 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 06/11/2023). 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 22 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The entries VDB-127236, VDB-127235, VDB-127233 and VDB-127232 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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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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