CVE-2016-2442 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Qualcomm buspm driver in Android before 2016-05-01 on Nexus 5X, 6, and 6P devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 26494907.

Published: 2016-05-09

Score: 7.0 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:h:google:nexus_5x:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:google:nexus_6:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:google:nexus_6p:-:::::::*

cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-3524	The Qualcomm buspm driver in Android before 2016-05-01 on Nexus 5X, 6, and 6P devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 26494907.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00058.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-05-01.html
https://www.codeaurora.org/issues-tsc-tspp2-and-buspm-drivers-cve-2015-0573-cve-2016-2441-cve-2016-2442

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Google Android Nexus 5x Nexus 6 Nexus 6p

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: google_android

Published: 2016-05-09T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:32:20.087Z

Reserved: 2016-02-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-2442

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-05-09T10:59:19.517

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-2442

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-264

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