PT-2018-18993
CVE-2018-9347
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Published
2018-11-14
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Updated
2018-12-27
Description by
CVSS 3.1
6.5
MediumMetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Android versions 7.0 through 9
Description
The issue is caused by incorrect input validation in the
SMF ParseMetaEvent function, located in the eas smf.c file. This can lead to an infinite loop, resulting in a remote temporary denial of service (DoS) without requiring additional execution privileges. User interaction is necessary for exploitation.Recommendations
For Android versions 7.0 through 9, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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