CVE-2015-8941 Privilege escalation in n/a

High 7.8 Published Updated

Attackers can gain privileges via a crafted application due to improper array index validation in the Qualcomm camera ISP driver 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-2015-8941?

CVE-2015-8941 is a high-severity 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/media/platform/msm/camera_v2/isp/msm_isp_axi_util.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 6 and 7 (2013) devices does not properly validate array indexes, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28814502 and Qualcomm internal bug CR792473.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8941?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2015-8941?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-8941 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2015-8941 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8941 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-9mqv-q425-w7r4.

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