PT-2018-4651 · Google+1 · Android+1

Published 2018-04-18 · Updated 2018-05-01 · CVE-2016-10406

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions prior to 2018-04-05 security patch level

Description The issue concerns the printing of debug messages in certain Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile processors. Specifically, when the wlan qmi err cb function is called, it prints the real kernel address of a pointer, regardless of the kptr restrict system settings. This could potentially expose sensitive information.

Recommendations For Android versions prior to 2018-04-05 security patch level, update to a version with a security patch level of 2018-04-05 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-10406

Affected Products

Android

Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10406 · Security Note
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-04-01 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/103671 · Note