Invalid Pointer Dereference Vulnerability in Android Releases from CAF with Linux Kernel

CVE-2018-11904 · HIGH Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

In all android releases (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, asynchronous callbacks received a pointer to a callers local variable. Should the caller return early (e.g., timeout), the callback will dereference an invalid pointer.

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