CVE-2018-5828 Memory corruption in Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android

What is CVE-2018-5828?

CVE-2018-5828 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Android, published on 3 Apr 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In Qualcomm Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, and QRD Android with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel before security patch level 2018-04-05, in function wma_extscan_start_stop_event_handler(), vdev_id comes from the variable event from firmware and is not properly validated potentially leading to a buffer overwrite.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-5828?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2018-5828?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-5828 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-2018-5828 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-5828 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-v8g2-xvvg-chhc.