Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2019-11516 (CCN-176658)

Assigned:2019-08-12
Published:2019-08-12
Updated:2020-04-13
Summary:An issue was discovered in the Bluetooth component of the Cypress (formerly owned by Broadcom) Wireless IoT codebase. Extended Inquiry Responses (EIRs) are improperly handled, which causes a heap-based buffer overflow during device inquiry. This overflow can be used to overwrite existing functions with arbitrary code. The Reserved for Future Use (RFU) bits are not discarded by eir_handleRx(), and are included in an EIR's length. Therefore, one can exceed the expected 240 bytes, which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow in eir_getReceivedEIR() called by bthci_event_SendInquiryResultEvent(). In order to exploit this bug, an attacker must repeatedly connect to the victim's device in a short amount of time from different source addresses. This will cause the victim's Bluetooth stack to resolve the device names and therefore allocate buffers with attacker-controlled data. Due to the heap corruption, the name will be eventually written to an attacker-controlled location, leading to a write-what-where condition.
CVSS v3 Severity:8.1 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
7.1 High (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
8.4 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
7.3 High (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:6.8 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
7.2 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-787
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Access
References:Source: CCN
Type: Google Web site
Android

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2019-11516

Source: MISC
Type: UNKNOWN
https://community.cypress.com/thread/53681

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
android-cve201911516-bo(176658)

Source: CCN
Type: Android Open Source Project
Android Security Bulletin — August 2019

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Third Party Advisory
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2019-08-01

Source: MISC
Type: Third Party Advisory
https://www.cisecurity.org/advisory/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-google-android-os-could-allow-for-arbitrary-code-execution_2019-078/

Source: MISC
Type: Third Party Advisory
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/android-security-bulletin-august-2019-what-you-need-to-know/

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/o:google:android:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    google android -
    google android *