CVE-2016-5348
The GPS component in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, 6.x before 2016-10-01, and 7.0 before 2016-10-01 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption, and device hang or reboot) via a…
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Lower severity and a low EPSS score (4.32%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The GPS component in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, 6.x before 2016-10-01, and 7.0 before 2016-10-01 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption, and device hang or reboot) via a large xtra.bin or xtra2.bin file on a spoofed Qualcomm gpsonextra.net or izatcloud.net host, aka internal bug 29555864.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 4.32% probability · 91th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- google/android
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93293
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/218b813d5bc2d7d3952ea1861c38b4aa944ac59bPatch
- https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=213747Permissions Required
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-04-01
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40502/
- https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2016/10/04/advisory-cve-2016-5348-2/Exploit, Patch, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93293
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/218b813d5bc2d7d3952ea1861c38b4aa944ac59bPatch
- https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=213747Permissions Required
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-04-01
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40502/
- https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2016/10/04/advisory-cve-2016-5348-2/Exploit, Patch, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.