CVE-2018-9355 Memory corruption in Android

What is CVE-2018-9355?

CVE-2018-9355 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Google Android, published on 6 Nov 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In bta_dm_sdp_result of bta_dm_act.cc, there is a possible out of bounds stack write due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to remote code execution with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Product: Android Versions: Android-6.0 Android-6.0.1 Android-7.0 Android-7.1.1 Android-7.1.2 Android-8.0 Android-8.1 Android ID: A-74016921.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-9355?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2018-9355?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-9355 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-2018-9355 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-9355 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
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• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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