CVE-2016-5340

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
The is_ashmem_file function in drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c in a certain Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android patch for the Linux kernel 3.x mishandles pointer validation within the KGSL Linux Graphics Module, which allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by using the /ashmem string as the dentry name.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-5340
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2016-08-07T21:59:08
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-08-03T16:13:24
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 7.0
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 3.0 3.19.8
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.codeaurora.org/invalid-path-check-ashmem-memory-file-cve-2016-5340 Broken Link
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=06e51489061e5473b4e2035c79dcf7c27a6f75a6 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92374 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5340
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5340
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:26:47 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 10:50:26 2016-08-07T21:59Z 2016-08-07T21:59:08 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 10:50:26 2020-08-03T16:13:24 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 10:50:26 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated