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CVE-2016-5341

The GPS component in Android before 2016-12-05 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to cause a denial of service (GPS signal-acquisition delay) via an incorrect xtra.bin or xtra2.bin file on a spoofed Qualcomm gpsonextra.net or izatcloud.net host, aka internal bug 31470303 and external bug 211602 (and AndroidID-7225554).

Published

2016-12-06T11:59:00.177

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 5.9 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-284

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	google	android	≤ 7.1.0	Yes

References

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94689 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2017-12-01 ([email protected])
https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2016/12/05/cve-2016-5341/ Mitigation, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94689 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2017-12-01 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2016/12/05/cve-2016-5341/ Mitigation, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)