CVE-2016-10390 Denial of service in n/a

Critical 9.8 Published Updated

An attacker can cause excessive memory consumption during file downloads in Qualcomm Android kernels, leading to denial of service.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2016-10390?

CVE-2016-10390 is a critical denial of service vulnerability in Google Android, published on 18 Aug 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, when downloading a file, an excessive amount of memory may be consumed.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-10390?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2016-10390?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-10390 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-2016-10390 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-10390 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-g27w-rh34-2cr8.

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