PT-2016-2596 · Google · Android

Published 2016-08-06 · Updated 2016-11-28 · CVE-2015-8941

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue is related to the improper validation of array indexes in the msm isp axi util.c file, part of the Qualcomm components in Android. This allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application.

Recommendations For Android versions prior to 2016-08-05, update the system to a version released after 2016-08-05 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-01988

CVE-2015-8941

Affected Products

Android

References · 8

• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8941 · Security Note
• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8941 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8941 · Security Note
• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=d4d4d1dd626b21e68e78395bab3382c1eb04877f · Patch
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01988 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8941 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/92219 · Note