CVE-2016-5860 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In an audio driver in all Qualcomm products with Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, or QRD Android, if a function is called with a very large length, an integer overflow could occur followed by a heap buffer overflow.

Published: 2017-08-16

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

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-2016-6794	In an audio driver in all Qualcomm products with Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, or QRD Android, if a function is called with a very large length, an integer overflow could occur followed by a heap buffer overflow.

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 0.00064.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98169
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//kernel/msm-4.4/commit/?id=9f91ae0d7203714fc39ae78e1f1c4fd71ed40498

History

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Subscriptions

Google Android

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: qualcomm

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

Updated: 2024-09-16T22:02:01.554Z

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

Link: CVE-2016-5860

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-08-16T15:29:00.393

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

Link: CVE-2016-5860

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-264

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