CVE-2018-9553 - Double Free

Severity

78%

Complexity

18%

Confidentiality

98%

In MasteringMetadata::Parse of mkvparser.cc there is a possible double free due to an insecure default value. This could lead to remote code execution with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation. Product: Android. Versions: Android-7.0 Android-7.1.1 Android-7.1.2 Android-8.0 Android-8.1 Android-9. Android ID: A-116615297.

In MasteringMetadata::Parse of mkvparser.cc there is a possible double free due to an insecure default value. This could lead to remote code execution with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation. Product: Android. Versions: Android-7.0 Android-7.1.1 Android-7.1.2 Android-8.0 Android-8.1 Android-9. Android ID: A-116615297.

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.8. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Demo Examples

Double Free

CWE-415

Double Free

CWE-415

While contrived, this code should be exploitable on Linux distributions which do not ship with heap-chunk check summing turned on.


               
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Overview

Type

Google Android

First reported 6 years ago

2018-12-06 14:29:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-11-13 16:29:00

Affected Software

Google Android (Nougat) 7.0

7.0

Google Android 7.1.1

7.1.1

Google Android 7.1.2

7.1.2

Google Android 8.0

8.0

Google Android 8.1

8.1

Google Android 9.0

9.0

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