VDB-130421 · CVE-2018-9591 · BID 106495

Google Android up to 9.0 System out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Google Android up to 9.0. Impacted is an unknown function of the component System. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2018-9591. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Google Android up to 9.0 (Smartphone Operating System). This issue affects an unknown code of the component System. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 01/07/2019. The weakness was released 01/07/2019 as Android Security Bulletin - January 2019 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). The advisory is shared at source.android.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-9591 since 04/05/2018. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. 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 07/04/2023). 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.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-130412, VDB-130413, VDB-130414 and VDB-130415. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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NVD Base Score: 7.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

04/05/2018 🔍
01/01/2019 +271 days 🔍
01/07/2019 +6 days 🔍
01/07/2019 +0 days 🔍
02/04/2019 +28 days 🔍
07/04/2023 +1611 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com

Advisory: Android Security Bulletin - January 2019
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-9591 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-9591
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-130421
SecurityFocus: 106495

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Entryinfo

Created: 02/04/2019 08:45
Updated: 07/04/2023 13:09
Changes: 02/04/2019 08:45 (59), 05/07/2020 15:27 (3), 07/04/2023 13:09 (5)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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