CVE-2019-9290 Memory corruption in Android

High 7.8 Published Updated

Local attackers can exploit memory corruption in Android's tzdata to escalate privileges without user interaction.

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-2019-9290?

CVE-2019-9290 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Android, published on 27 Sep 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In tzdata there is possible memory corruption due to a mismatch between allocation and deallocation functions. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Product: AndroidVersions: Android-10Android ID: A-113039724

Weakness: CWE-787, CWE-763

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-9290?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2019-9290?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-9290 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-2019-9290 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-9290 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-6276-q548-7pg4.

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