CVE-2018-3597 Memory corruption in Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android

What is CVE-2018-3597?

CVE-2018-3597 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Android, published on 6 Jul 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In the ADSP RPC driver in Android releases from CAF using the linux kernel (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) before security patch level 2018-06-05, an arbitrary kernel write can occur.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-3597?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2018-3597?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-3597 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2018-3597 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-3597 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-m4g2-c279-5w65.