CVE-2016-3757
The print_maps function in toolbox/lsof.c in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-07-01 allows user-assisted attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application that attempts to list a long name of a…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.22%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The print_maps function in toolbox/lsof.c in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-07-01 allows user-assisted attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application that attempts to list a long name of a memory-mapped file, aka internal bug 28175237. NOTE: print_maps is not related to the Vic Abell lsof product.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.0 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.22% probability · 12th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- google/android
- Source
- security@android.com
References
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/core/+/ae18eb014609948a40e22192b87b10efc680daa7
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/core/+/ae18eb014609948a40e22192b87b10efc680daa7
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.