CVE-2018-5848

Summary

CVECVE-2018-5848
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-06-12 20:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-05-02 15:54:00 UTC
DescriptionIn the function wmi_set_ie(), the length validation code does not handle unsigned integer overflow properly. As a result, a large value of the 'ie_len' argument can cause a buffer overflow in all Android releases from CAF (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) using the Linux Kernel.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119 | CWE-190

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Google Android - All All All
Operating System Google Android - All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Application Redhat Virtualization Host 4.0 All All All
Application Redhat Virtualization Host 4.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 1715-1] linux-4.9 security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1731-2] linux regression update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Pixel / Nexus Security Bulletin—May 2018 MISC source.android.com Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
May 2018 Code Aurora Security Bulletin - Code Aurora MISC www.codeaurora.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1731-1] linux security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 753730 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 20 for SLE 12 SP2) (SUSE-SU-2018:4127-1)

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