CVE-2015-8892
platform/msm_shared/boot_verifier.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5X and 6P devices allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a digest with trailing data, aka Android internal bug 28822807 and…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.55%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
platform/msm_shared/boot_verifier.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5X and 6P devices allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a digest with trailing data, aka Android internal bug 28822807 and Qualcomm internal bug CR902998.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.55% probability · 44th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- google/android
- Source
- security@android.com
References
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91628
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/lk/commit/?id=fae606b9dd92c021e2419369975264f24f60db23
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91628
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/lk/commit/?id=fae606b9dd92c021e2419369975264f24f60db23
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.