CVE-2016-5854 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In a driver in all Qualcomm products with Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, or QRD Android, kernel heap memory can be exposed to userspace.

Published: 2017-08-16

Score: 4.7 Medium

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

Qualcomm, Inc.

All Qualcomm products

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-6788	In a driver in all Qualcomm products with Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, or QRD Android, kernel heap memory can be exposed to userspace.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00111.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98219
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//kernel/msm-4.4/commit/?id=28d23d4d7999f683b27b6e0c489635265b67a4c9

History

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Subscriptions

Google Android

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: qualcomm

Published: 2017-08-16T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T01:16:20.139Z

Reserved: 2016-06-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-5854

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-08-16T15:29:00.250

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-5854

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-200

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