CVE-2016-0823 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2016-0823?

CVE-2016-0823 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 12 Mar 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The pagemap_open function in fs/proc/task_mmu.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19.3, as used in Android 6.0.1 before 2016-03-01, allows local users to obtain sensitive physical-address information by reading a pagemap file, aka Android internal bug 25739721.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-0823?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Google Android, Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2016-0823?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2016-0823 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-0823 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 DEBIAN-CVE-2016-0823, GHSA-6mh6-g43h-xg4x, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0823.