PT-2016-7042 · Google+1 · Android+1

Jianqiang Zhao + 1 · Published 2016-10-10 · Updated 2016-12-06 · CVE-2016-6681

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions prior to 2016-10-05

Description The issue is related to the Qualcomm QDSP6v2 driver in Android, where certain data structures are not properly initialized in the audio utils.c file. This allows attackers to obtain sensitive information by using a crafted application.

Recommendations For Android versions prior to 2016-10-05, update to a version released on or after 2016-10-05 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-6681

Affected Products

Android

Qualcomm Qdsp6V2

References · 5

• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.18/commit/?id=0950fbd39ff189497f1b6115825c210e3eeaf395 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6681 · Security Note
• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6681 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/93309 · Note