Vulnerability in Amazon Fire OS

CVE-2018-11020

kernel/omap/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_omx.c in the kernel component in Amazon Kindle Fire HD(3rd) Fire OS 4.5.5.3 allows attackers to inject a crafted argument via the argument of an ioctl on device file /dev/rpmsg-omx1 with the command 3221772291, and cause a kernel crash.

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (48.0th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 48th percentile — 48.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2018-11020: held from 0.006 to 0.006.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-11020?
CVE-2018-11020 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Amazon Fire OS, classified under Argument Injection. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2018-10-16.
How severe is CVE-2018-11020?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-11020 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.