Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-5838 - Improper Validation of Array Index vulnerability in Qualcomm products

047910
CVSS 4.6 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
local
low complexity
qualcomm
CWE-129

Summary

Improper Validation of Array Index In the adreno OpenGL driver in Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wear, an out-of-bounds access can occur in SurfaceFlinger.

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Overflow Buffers
    Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.