PT-2016-4054 · Google · Nexus 5+2

Published 2016-07-11 · Updated 2016-11-28 · CVE-2015-8890

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 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices

Description The issue concerns a lack of validation for certain GUID Partition Table (GPT) data in the partition parser.c file within the Qualcomm components of Android. This allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by using a crafted MultiMediaCard (MMC).

Recommendations For Android versions prior to 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices, update the Android version to a newer one released after 2016-07-05 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-8890

Affected Products

Android

Nexus 5

Nexus 7

References · 4

• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8890 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/91628 · Note
• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/lk/commit/?id=e22aca36da2bb6f5016f3c885eb8c8ff85c115e4 · Note