CVE-2016-5855 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

In a driver in all Qualcomm products with Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, or QRD Android, a user-supplied buffer is casted to a structure without checking if the source buffer is large enough.

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-2016-6789	In a driver in all Qualcomm products with Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, or QRD Android, a user-supplied buffer is casted to a structure without checking if the source buffer is large enough.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98220
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//kernel/msm-4.4/commit/?id=a5edb54e93ba85719091fe2bc426d75fa7059834

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: qualcomm

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

Updated: 2024-09-16T18:29:34.591Z

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

Link: CVE-2016-5855

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-08-16T15:29:00.297

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

Link: CVE-2016-5855

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-200

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