CVE-2016-5855

CVSS V2 Low 2.6 CVSS V3 Medium 4.7
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-5855
  • Assigner
  • product-security@qualcomm.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-08-16T15:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-08-18T17:42:58
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-200 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 2.6
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 4.9
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.7
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//kernel/msm-4.4/commit/?id=a5edb54e93ba85719091fe2bc426d75fa7059834 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98220 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5855
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5855
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 08:54:29 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 19:59:11 security.cna@qualcomm.com product-security@qualcomm.com CVE Assigner updated
2022-12-02 19:59:11 2017-08-16T15:29Z 2017-08-16T15:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 19:59:11 2017-08-18T17:42:58 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 19:59:11 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated