PT-2016-1834 · Google+1 · Android+1

Marco Grassi · Published 2016-05-09 · Updated 2016-05-09 · CVE-2016-2443

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.6

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions prior to 2016-05-01 on Nexus 5 and Nexus 7 (2013) devices

Description The issue is related to the Qualcomm MDP driver in Android, which has inadequate access control. This allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application.

Recommendations For Android versions prior to 2016-05-01 on Nexus 5 and Nexus 7 (2013) devices, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-01167

CVE-2016-2443

Affected Products

Android

Qualcomm Dsp

References · 7

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2443 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-2443 · Vendor Advisory
• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-05-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2443 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01167 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2443 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2443 · Security Note