CVE-2016-5862
When a control related to codec is issued from userspace in all Qualcomm products with Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, or QRD Android, the type casting is done to the container structure instead of the codec's individual structure, resulting in a…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.52%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
When a control related to codec is issued from userspace in all Qualcomm products with Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, or QRD Android, the type casting is done to the container structure instead of the codec's individual structure, resulting in a device restart after kernel crash occurs.
- 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
- 0.52% probability · 43th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- google/android
- Source
- product-security@qualcomm.com
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98194Third 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=4199451e83729a3add781eeafaee32994ff65b04Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98194Third 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=4199451e83729a3add781eeafaee32994ff65b04Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.