Advisory Details

September 21st, 2018

(Pwn2own) Samsung Galaxy S8 Shannon GPRS Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2018-14318
CVSS SCORE	6.8, AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS	Samsung
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Galaxy S8
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Samsung Galaxy S8. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must have their cellular radios enabled. The specific flaw exists within the handling of IPCP headers. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length, stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the baseband processor.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Patched with 2018 JAN SMR
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2017-11-01 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2018-09-21 - Coordinated public release of advisory 2018-09-25 - Advisory Updated
CREDIT	Acez

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