CVE-2018-11280 Denial of service in Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android
Attackers can cause memory exhaustion and denial of service by providing oversized NAT entry input to the Android kernel.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-11280?
CVE-2018-11280 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Android, published on 18 Sep 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In all android releases (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, while processing user-space there is no size validation of the NAT entry input. If the user input size of the NAT entry is greater than the max allowed size, memory exhaustion will occur.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-11280?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2018-11280?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-11280 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2018-11280 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-11280 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-67h5-5fjm-vp6q.