CVE-2016-8438

CVSS V2 High 10 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8

Description

Integer overflow leading to a TOCTOU condition in hypervisor PIL. An integer overflow exposes a race condition that may be used to bypass (Peripheral Image Loader) PIL authentication. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel 3.18. Android ID: A-31624565. References: QC-CR#1023638.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2016-8438

Assigner
security@android.com

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2017-01-12T20:59:00

Last Modified Date
2017-01-18T02:59:14

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-190	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/190.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.18:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE

Integrity Impact
COMPLETE

Availability Impact
COMPLETE

Base Score
10

Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
10

Impact Score
10

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
9.8

Base Severity
CRITICAL

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
5.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95227

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8438
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8438

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 09:50:29				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 12:50:47	2017-01-12T20:59Z	2017-01-12T20:59:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 12:50:47		2017-01-18T02:59:14	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 12:50:47		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated