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(Mobile Pwn2Own) Google Android DHCP Parsing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

2015-03-1200:00:00
JΓΌri Aedla
www.zerodayinitiative.com
34

0.012 Low

EPSS

Percentile

85.4%

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Google Android. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of the DHCP options in a DHCP ACK packet. The vulnerability is triggered when the LENGTH of an option, when added to the current read position, exceeds the actual length of the DHCP options buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code on the device.