Privilege escalation via unchecked Opus retry result
Published Dec 4, 2023 · Updated Aug 2, 2024
Heap buffer overflow in Android 14 Bluetooth allows physically proximate attackers to escalate privileges through a crafted Opus frame. a2dp_vendor_opus_decoder_decode_packet retries a failed opus_decode call without checking the second negative return value, then converts it to an unsigned frame size that overflows the heap buffer. Exploitation requires a paired device, needs no user interaction, and can elevate execution privileges on the target.
Summary
What happened
Heap buffer overflow in Android 14 Bluetooth allows physically proximate attackers to escalate privileges through a crafted Opus frame. a2dp_vendor_opus_decoder_decode_packet retries a failed opus_decode call without checking the second negative return value, then converts it to an unsigned frame size that overflows the heap buffer. Exploitation requires a paired device, needs no user interaction, and can elevate execution privileges on the target.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-40078
- Published
- Dec 4, 2023
- Updated
- Aug 2, 2024
- Vendor
- Product
- Android
- Classifications
- CWE-787, T1404
- Attack vector
- adjacent
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Dec 4, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 2, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=14
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