PT-2017-1196 · Google · Android

Published 2017-01-12 · Updated 2017-01-18 · CVE-2016-8410

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.7

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions Kernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18

Description The issue is related to an information disclosure vulnerability in the Qualcomm sound driver, which could allow a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission levels. This could be exploited by a remote attacker to cause a denial of service or other system impact. The vulnerability requires compromising a privileged process.

Recommendations For Android versions Kernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18, consider restricting access to the Qualcomm sound driver until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the sound driver functionality in sensitive operations until the issue is resolved. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-00307

CVE-2016-8410

Affected Products

Android

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8410 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-8410 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00307 · Security Note
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/94709 · Note