CVE-2017-18145: qualcomm, inc. snapdragon mobile, snapdragon wear Use After Free

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-18145 is a high (CVSS 10.0) Use After Free vulnerability in qualcomm, inc. snapdragon mobile, snapdragon wear. EPSS estimates a 1.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 67.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 11-04-2018
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 16-09-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In Android before security patch level 2018-04-05 on Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wear MSM8909W, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 450, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 820, SD 835, SD 845, while the DPM native process is processing framework events, the iterator pointer is deleted after processing an event. When processing subsequent events, a Use After Condition will occur.

• CWE-416Use After FreeThe product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.