Pixel / Nexus Security Bulletin—August 2018

Published August 6, 2018

The Pixel / Nexus Security Bulletin contains details of security vulnerabilities and functional improvements affecting supported Google Pixel and Nexus devices (Google devices). For Google devices, security levels of 2018-08-05 or later address all issues in this bulletin and all issues in the August 2018 Android Security Bulletin. To learn how to check a device's security level, see Check & update your Android version.

All supported Google devices will receive an update to the 2018-08-05 level. We encourage all customers to accept these updates to their devices.

Note: The Google device firmware images are available on the Google Developer site.

Announcements

In addition to the security vulnerabilities described in the August 2018 Android Security Bulletin, Google devices also contain es for the security vulnerabilities described below. Partners were notified of these issues at least a month ago and may choose to incorporate them as part of their device updates.

Security es

Vulnerabilities are grouped under the component that they affect. There is a description of the issue and a table with the CVE, associated references, type of vulnerability, severity, and updated Android Open Source Project (AOSP) versions (where applicable). When available, we link the public change that addressed the issue to the bug ID, such as the AOSP change list. When multiple changes relate to a single bug, additional references are linked to numbers following the bug ID.

Framework

CVEReferencesTypeSeverityUpdated AOSP versions
CVE-2017-1000100A-64610131IDModerate7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, 8.1

System

CVEReferencesTypeSeverityUpdated AOSP versions
CVE-2018-9435A-79591688IDModerate6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, 8.1
CVE-2018-9461A-37629504IDModerate6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, 8.1
CVE-2018-9449A-79884292IDModerate6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, 8.1
CVE-2018-9457A-72872376IDModerate6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, 8.1
CVE-2018-9441A-74075873 [2]IDModerate6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, 8.1
CVE-2017-13322A-67862398DoSModerate6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, 8.1
CVE-2018-9447A-79995313DoSModerate6.0, 6.0.1, 8.0, 8.1

Kernel components

CVEReferencesTypeSeverityComponent
CVE-2018-9462A-78364203*EoPModerateTouchscreen
CVE-2018-9439A-79377438*EoPModerateNetwork stack
CVE-2018-9463A-78362414*EoPModerateTouchscreen
CVE-2018-1068A-77902350
Upstream kernel
EoPModerateNetfilter
CVE-2018-9464A-68993267*EoPModerateTaimen bootloader

Qualcomm components

CVEReferencesTypeSeverityComponent
CVE-2018-11263A-79422278*
QC-CR#2209106
EoPModerateWLAN
CVE-2017-8261A-35139833*
QC-CR#2013631
EoPModerateCamera driver
CVE-2018-5910A-79422277
QC-CR#2175499 [2]
EoPModerateMDSS
CVE-2018-5909A-79421262
QC-CR#2174716
EoPModerateRotator
CVE-2018-5908A-79422409
QC-CR#2171758 [2]
EoPModerateMDSS
CVE-2018-5905A-79421261
QC-CR#2169715
EoPModerateDiag driver
CVE-2018-5904A-79421260
QC-CR#2184702 [2]
EoPModeratePower driver
CVE-2018-5903A-79421737
QC-CR#2185477
EoPModerateqcacld 3.0
CVE-2017-18306A-73889358*
QC-CR#2216399
IDModeratev4l2
CVE-2017-18307A-73888283*
QC-CR#2026045
IDModerateqcacld-3.0
CVE-2017-9711A-36367253*
QC-CR#2046006
EoPModerateIPA
CVE-2018-3587A-65542521*
QC-CR#2120605
EoPModerateqcacld-2.0

Update: Framework

CVEReferencesTypeSeverityUpdated AOSP versions
CVE-2017-13295A-62537081 [2]DoSModerate6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, 8.1

Update: System

CVEReferencesTypeSeverityUpdated AOSP versions
CVE-2017-13242A-62672248IDModerate6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, 8.1

Update: Qualcomm components

CVEReferencesTypeSeverityComponent
CVE-2017-15817A-68992394
QC-CR#2076603 [2]
QC-CR#2084599
QC-CR#2096512
RCECriticalWLAN

Common questions and answers

This section answers common questions that may occur after reading this bulletin.

1. How do I determine if my device is updated to address these issues?

Security levels of 2018-08-05 or later address all issues associated with the 2018-08-05 security level and all previous levels. To learn how to check a device's security level, read the instructions on the Pixel and Nexus update schedule.

2. What do the entries in the Type column mean?

Entries in the Type column of the vulnerability details table reference the classification of the security vulnerability.

AbbreviationDefinition
RCERemote code execution
EoPElevation of privilege
IDInformation disclosure
DoSDenial of service
N/AClassification not available

3. What do the entries in the References column mean?

Entries under the References column of the vulnerability details table may contain a prefix identifying the organization to which the reference value belongs.

PrefixReference
A-Android bug ID
QC-Qualcomm reference number
M-MediaTek reference number
N-NVIDIA reference number
B-Broadcom reference number

4. What does a * next to the Android bug ID in the References column mean?

Issues that are not publicly available have a * next to the Android bug ID in the References column. The update for that issue is generally contained in the latest binary drivers for Pixel / Nexus devices available from the Google Developer site.

5. Why are security vulnerabilities split between this bulletin and the Android Security Bulletins?

Security vulnerabilities that are documented in the Android Security Bulletins are required in order to declare the latest security level on Android devices. Additional security vulnerabilities, such as those documented in this bulletin are not required for declaring a security level.

Versions

VersionDateNotes
1.0August 6, 2018Bulletin published.