PT-2016-4057 · Google · Android

Published 2016-07-11 · Updated 2016-07-11 · CVE-2015-8893

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

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 allows attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an OS outage or buffer over-read, via a crafted application.

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

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-8893

Affected Products

Android

References · 3

• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8893 · Security Note
• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/lk/commit/?id=800255e8bfcc31a02e89460460e3811f225e7a69 · Note