7.5
HIGH
CVE-2021-38785
Allwinner R818 Android Camera Driver NULL Pointer Dereference
Description

There is a NULL pointer deference in the Allwinner R818 SoC Android Q SDK V1.0 camera driver /dev/cedar_dev that could use the ioctl cmd IOCTL_GET_IOMMU_ADDR to cause a system crash.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 18, 2022, 2:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 6:18 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2021-38785 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-38785 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Allwinnertech android_q_sdk
2 Allwinnertech r818

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

CVE CREDIT

Updated: 6 months ago
3 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : Jan. 9, 2021, 2:20 a.m. This repo has been linked 177 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-38785 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-38785 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/pokerfacett/MY_CVE_CREDIT/blob/master/Allwinner%20R818%20SoC%EF%BC%9ACamera%20Driver%20has%20Null%20Pointer%20Dereference%20Vulnerability.md
    Added Reference https://vul.wangan.com/a/CNVD-2021-49170
    Added Reference https://www.allwinnertech.com/index.php?c=product&a=index&id=92
    Added Reference https://www.cnvd.org.cn/flaw/show/CNVD-2021-49170
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 26, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:allwinnertech:android_q_sdk_camera_driver:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:allwinnertech:r818:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:allwinnertech:android_q_sdk:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:allwinnertech:r818:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 25, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/pokerfacett/MY_CVE_CREDIT/blob/master/Allwinner%20R818%20SoC%EF%BC%9ACamera%20Driver%20has%20Null%20Pointer%20Dereference%20Vulnerability.md No Types Assigned https://github.com/pokerfacett/MY_CVE_CREDIT/blob/master/Allwinner%20R818%20SoC%EF%BC%9ACamera%20Driver%20has%20Null%20Pointer%20Dereference%20Vulnerability.md Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type https://vul.wangan.com/a/CNVD-2021-49170 No Types Assigned https://vul.wangan.com/a/CNVD-2021-49170 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.allwinnertech.com/index.php?c=product&a=index&id=92 No Types Assigned https://www.allwinnertech.com/index.php?c=product&a=index&id=92 Product, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.cnvd.org.cn/flaw/show/CNVD-2021-49170 No Types Assigned https://www.cnvd.org.cn/flaw/show/CNVD-2021-49170 Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-476
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:allwinnertech:android_q_sdk_camera_driver:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:allwinnertech:r818:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.78 }} 0.06%

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0.71367

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