CVE-2016-5854 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

In a driver in all Qualcomm products with Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, or QRD Android, kernel heap memory can be exposed to userspace.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00111.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Google Subscribe	Android Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-6788	In a driver in all Qualcomm products with Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, or QRD Android, kernel heap memory can be exposed to userspace.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98219
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//kernel/msm-4.4/commit/?id=28d23d4d7999f683b27b6e0c489635265b67a4c9

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: qualcomm

Published: 2017-08-16T15:00:00Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T01:16:20.139Z

Reserved: 2016-06-28T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-5854

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-08-16T15:29:00.250

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2016-5854

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-200

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