Android BFF Scanner Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability
CVE-2018-9470 Published on November 20, 2024
In bff_Scanner_addOutPos of Scanner.c, there is a possible out-of-bounds write due to an incorrect bounds check. This could lead to remote escalation of privilege in an unprivileged app with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2018-9470 is exploitable with network access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is a Memory Corruption Vulnerability?
The software writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Typically, this can result in corruption of data, a crash, or code execution. The software may modify an index or perform pointer arithmetic that references a memory location that is outside of the boundaries of the buffer. A subsequent write operation then produces undefined or unexpected results.
CVE-2018-9470 has been classified to as a Memory Corruption vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2018-9470
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Affected Versions
Google Android:- Version 7 is affected.
- Version 8 is affected.
- Version 8.1 is affected.
- Version 9 is affected.
- Version nyc-mr1-dev is affected.
- Version nyc-mr2-dev is affected.
- Version 7.0 is affected.
- Version 8.0 is affected.
- Version 8.1 is affected.
- Version 9.0 is affected.
Exploit Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.