PT-2016-6379 · Google · Android

Yakov Shafranovich · Published 2016-10-10 · Updated 2018-04-19 · CVE-2016-5348

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.1

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions 4.x through 4.4.3 Android versions 5.0.x through 5.0.1 Android versions 5.1.x through 5.1.0 Android versions 6.x before 2016-10-01 Android versions 7.0 before 2016-10-01

Description The issue allows man-in-the-middle attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in memory consumption, and device hang or reboot. This is achieved via a large xtra.bin or xtra2.bin file on a spoofed Qualcomm gpsonextra.net or izatcloud.net host.

Recommendations For Android versions 4.x through 4.4.3, update to version 4.4.4 or later. For Android versions 5.0.x through 5.0.1, update to version 5.0.2 or later. For Android versions 5.1.x through 5.1.0, update to version 5.1.1 or later. For Android versions 6.x before 2016-10-01, update to a version released on or after 2016-10-01. For Android versions 7.0 before 2016-10-01, update to a version released on or after 2016-10-01.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-5348

Affected Products

Android

References · 12

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/40502 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2016/10/04/advisory-cve-2016-5348-2 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5348 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-5348 · Vendor Advisory
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/218b813d5bc2d7d3952ea1861c38b4aa944ac59b · Patch
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5348 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5348 · Vendor Advisory
• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5348 · Vendor Advisory
• https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=213747 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/93293 · Note
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-04-01 · Note