VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-11278

CVSS score7.1 HIGH
EPSS probability0.17%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-09-18
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Description

In all android releases (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, Venus HW searches for start code when decoding input bit stream buffers. If start code is not found in entire buffer, there is over-fetch beyond allocation length. This leads to page fault.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read

Primary references