CVE-2018-5890

Severity

46%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

106%

If the fdt_totalsize is reported as 0 for the current device tree, it bypasses an error check for a valid device tree in Android releases from CAF using the linux kernel (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) before security patch level 2018-06-05.

If the fdt_totalsize is reported as 0 for the current device tree, it bypasses an error check for a valid device tree in Android releases from CAF using the linux kernel (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) before security patch level 2018-06-05.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.8. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.6. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 6 years ago

2018-07-06 17:29:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-10-03 00:03:00

Affected Software

Google Android Operating System

References

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-06-01#qualcomm-components

Patch, Vendor Advisory

https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/abl/tianocore/edk2/commit/?id=c9c8de8000ff32f8d1e24e697d861d92d8ed0b7a

Patch

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