CVE-2016-5853
In an audio driver in all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, when a sanity check encounters a length value not in the correct range, an error message is printed, but code execution continues in the same way as for a…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.78%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In an audio driver in all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, when a sanity check encounters a length value not in the correct range, an error message is printed, but code execution continues in the same way as for a correct length value.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.0 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.78% probability · 54th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- google/android
- Source
- product-security@qualcomm.com
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98178Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//kernel/msm-4.4/commit/?id=a8f3b894de319718aecfc2ce9c691514696805beIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.codeaurora.org/detection-error-condition-without-proper-action-msmds2dapparamvisualizercontrolget-cve-2016-5853
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98178Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//kernel/msm-4.4/commit/?id=a8f3b894de319718aecfc2ce9c691514696805beIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.codeaurora.org/detection-error-condition-without-proper-action-msmds2dapparamvisualizercontrolget-cve-2016-5853
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.