CVE-2018-11278 Information

Description

In all android releases (Android for MSM Firefox OS for MSM QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel Venus HW searches for start code when decoding input bit stream buffers. If start code is not found in entire buffer there is over-fetch beyond allocation length. This leads to page fault.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Reference

https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/hardware/qcom/media/commit/?id=6c7dbdb2f067bf844beef2c41d9d67cacc3adfa6 https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/09/04/september-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.1