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7.0high

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,…

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.0
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.5%
percentile 45%
Public exploits
0
none known

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.53% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.07.0CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.07.6AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • Qualcomm, Inc. All Qualcomm products

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

  • securityfocus.com /bid/98194 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • source.codeaurora.org /quic/la//kernel/msm-4.4/commit/?id=4199451e83729a3add781eeafaee32994ff65b04 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • source.android.com /security/bulletin/2017-05-01 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

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