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This flaw affects Android devices using listed Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile and Wear chipsets before the 2018-04-05 Android security patch level. Playing a specially modified WMA audio file can trigger a reachable assert, likely causing media processing to fail or crash. Sources do not report active exploitation. Exposure is mainly Android phones, tablets, embedded cellular devices, and wearables using the listed Qualcomm Snapdragon chipsets that have not received the April 5, 2018 Android security patch level or equivalent vendor firmware update. Prioritize this for legacy Android fleets, wearables, and embedded Qualcomm devices. It is not currently evidenced as actively exploited, but unpatched media parsers increase operational risk when devices process untrusted files. Mitigation focus: Update affected Android devices to security patch level 2018-04-05 or later.; Check OEM and carrier firmware guidance for Qualcomm-based devices.; Restrict unmanaged media file handling on unsupported legacy devices..
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- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-04-01CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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