PT-2016-2597 · Qualcomm+1 · Qualcomm+1

Published 2016-08-06 · Updated 2016-11-28 · CVE-2015-8940

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 caused by an integer overflow in the sound/soc/msm/qdsp6v2/q6lsm.c component of the Qualcomm operating system in Android. This can be exploited by a remote attacker using a specially crafted application to gain privileges.

Recommendations For Android versions prior to 2016-08-05, update the operating system to a version released after 2016-08-05 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the q6lsm.c component until a patch is available.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-01989

CVE-2015-8940

Affected Products

Android

Qualcomm

References · 5

• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=e13ebd727d161db7003be6756e61283dce85fa3b · Patch
• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8940 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01989 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/92219 · Note