Google Android up to 9 libavc uninitialized resource

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Google Android up to 9. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component libavc. Such manipulation leads to use of uninitialized resource. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2019-9252. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Google Android up to 9 (Smartphone Operating System). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component libavc. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use of uninitialized resource vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-1187. This entry has been deprecated because it was a duplicate of CWE-908. All content has been transferred to CWE-908. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

In libavc there is a possible out of bounds read due to uninitialized data. This could lead to remote information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation. Product: AndroidVersions: Android-10Android ID: A-73339042

The weakness was presented 08/20/2019 as Android 10 Security Release Notes as confirmed security bulletin (Website). The advisory is shared for download at source.android.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-9252 since 02/28/2019. The attack needs to be approached locally. A simple authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 10 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

See VDB-142416, VDB-142417, VDB-142418 and VDB-142419 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Smartphone Operating System

Vendor

• Google

Name

• Android

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 2.0
• 2.0.1
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.2.1
• 2.2.2
• 2.2.3
• 2.3
• 2.3.1
• 2.3.2
• 2.3.3
• 2.3.4
• 2.3.5
• 2.3.6
• 2.3.7
• 3.0
• 3.1
• 3.2
• 3.2.1
• 3.2.2
• 3.2.3
• 3.2.4
• 3.2.5
• 3.2.6
• 4.0
• 4.0.1
• 4.0.2
• 4.0.3
• 4.0.4
• 4.1
• 4.1.1
• 4.1.2
• 4.2
• 4.2.1
• 4.2.2
• 4.3
• 4.3.1
• 4.4
• 4.4.1
• 4.4.2
• 4.4.3
• 4.4.4
• 5.0
• 5.0.1
• 5.0.2
• 5.1
• 5.1.1
• 6.0
• 6.0.1
• 7.0
• 7.1
• 7.1.1
• 7.1.2
• 8.0
• 8.1
• 9.0

License

• free

Website

• Vendor: https://www.google.com/

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