CVE-2016-5858 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In an ioctl handler in all Qualcomm products with Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, or QRD Android, if a user supplies a value too large, then an out-of-bounds read occurs.

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-2016-6792	In an ioctl handler in all Qualcomm products with Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, or QRD Android, if a user supplies a value too large, then an out-of-bounds read occurs.

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 0.00142.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98215
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//kernel/msm-3.18/commit/?id=3154eb1d263b9c3eab2c9fa8ebe498390bf5d711
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//kernel/msm-3.18/commit/?id=afc5bea71bc8f251dad1104568383019f4923af6

History

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Subscriptions

Google Android

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: qualcomm

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

Updated: 2024-09-17T01:01:48.857Z

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

Link: CVE-2016-5858

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-08-16T15:29:00.330

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

Link: CVE-2016-5858

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-200

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