CVE-2015-8939 Missing authorization in n/a

What is CVE-2015-8939?

CVE-2015-8939 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Google Android, published on 6 Aug 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

drivers/video/msm/mdp4_util.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 7 (2013) devices does not validate r stages, g stages, or b stages data, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28398884 and Qualcomm internal bug CR779021.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8939?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2015-8939?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-8939 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2015-8939 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8939 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-f5v7-p56q-pgg9.