CVE-2015-8893 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published 11 Jul 2016 Updated 6 Aug 2024

A crafted application can cause a denial of service via buffer over-read in the Qualcomm bootloader on Android devices.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2015-8893?

CVE-2015-8893 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Android, published on 11 Jul 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

app/aboot/aboot.c in the Qualcomm bootloader in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices allows attackers to cause a denial of service (OS outage or buffer over-read) via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28822690 and Qualcomm internal bug CR822275.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8893?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2015-8893?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-8893 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2015-8893 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8893 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-vv67-wmjx-7h3p.