PT-2016-3160 · Mozilla+1 · Firefox Os+1

Published 2016-12-22 · Updated 2017-08-20 · CVE-2016-5862

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 Qualcomm products with Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, or QRD Android (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a control associated with a codec, where type casting is performed to the container structure instead of the codec's individual structure when issued from userspace. This results in a device restart after a kernel crash occurs. The vulnerability is also associated with inadequate access control in a mobile application for the Android operating system, which can be exploited by a remote attacker to cause a device restart after a kernel crash.

Recommendations 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:2017-01988

CVE-2016-5862

Affected Products

Android

Firefox Os

References · 5

• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//kernel/msm-4.4/commit/?id=4199451e83729a3add781eeafaee32994ff65b04 · Patch
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-01988 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5862 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/98194 · Note