PT-2016-2538 · Google · Android

Published 2016-08-06 · Updated 2016-11-28 · CVE-2016-3855

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions prior to 2016-08-05

Description The issue is related to the lack of validation of a certain count parameter in the drivers/thermal/supply lm core.c file of the Qualcomm components in Android. This allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) or possibly have other unspecified impacts via a crafted application.

Recommendations For Android versions prior to 2016-08-05, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-01929

CVE-2016-3855

Affected Products

Android

References · 9

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3855 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3855 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01929 · Security Note
• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=ab3f46119ca10de87a11fe966b0723c48f27acd4 · Patch
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3855 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3855 · Vendor Advisory
• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3855 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/92256 · Note