CVE-2018-5848

CVE Details

Release Date:	2018-06-12
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

In 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.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v3 metrics

Base Score:	7.8
Vector String:	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Version:	3.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	Low
User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact:	High
Integrity Impact:	High
Availability Impact:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.29.1.el6uek)	ELSA-2019-4316	2019-01-04
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2019-4316	2019-01-04
Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.29.1.el7uek)	ELSA-2019-4316	2019-01-04
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel)	ELSA-2018-3083	2018-11-05
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2018-4304	2018-12-11
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2019-4316	2019-01-04
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2019-4509	2019-01-15