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CVE-2016-5862

When a control related to codec is issued from userspace in all Qualcomm products with Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, or QRD Android, the type casting is done to the container structure instead of the codec's individual structure, resulting in a device restart after kernel crash occurs.

Published

2017-08-16T15:29:00.470

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 7.0 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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

Exploitability Score

4.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-264

Affected Vendors & Products

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

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98194 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//kernel/msm-4.4/commit/?id=4199451e83729a3add781eeafaee32994ff65b04 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98194 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//kernel/msm-4.4/commit/?id=4199451e83729a3add781eeafaee32994ff65b04 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)