CVE-2018-14745: samsung galaxy_s6

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-14745 is a high (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in samsung galaxy_s6. EPSS estimates a 1.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Timeline

1. 15-03-2019
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 05-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Buffer overflow in prot_get_ring_space in the bcmdhd4358 Wi-Fi driver on the Samsung Galaxy S6 SM-G920F G920FXXU5EQH7 allows an attacker (who has obtained code execution on the Wi-Fi chip) to overwrite kernel memory due to improper validation of the ring buffer read pointer. The Samsung ID is SVE-2018-12029.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.