PT-2016-5690 · Qualcomm+1 · Qualcomm+1

Jianqiang Zhao + 1 · Published 2016-09-11 · Updated 2017-08-13 · CVE-2016-3858

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 2016-09-05 on Nexus 5X and 6P devices

Description A buffer overflow issue exists in the Qualcomm subsystem driver, specifically in the drivers/soc/qcom/subsystem restart.c file. This issue can be exploited by attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application that provides a long string.

Recommendations For Android versions prior to 2016-09-05 on Nexus 5X and 6P devices, update to a version released after 2016-09-05 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-3858

Affected Products

Android

Qualcomm

References · 9

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3858 · Vendor Advisory
• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=0c148b9a9028c566eac680f19e5d664b483cdee3 · Patch
• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3858 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3858 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3858 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3858 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1036763 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/92873 · Note