CVE-2018-6246 Information disclosure in Android

What is CVE-2018-6246?

CVE-2018-6246 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 10 May 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In Android before the 2018-05-05 security patch level, NVIDIA Widevine Trustlet contains a vulnerability in Widevine TA where the software reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer, which may lead to Information Disclosure. This issue is rated as moderate. Android: A-69383916. Reference: N-CVE-2018-6246.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-6246?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2018-6246?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-6246 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2018-6246 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-6246 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-5xrv-whpx-cr83.