CVE-2016-5345 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2016-5345?

CVE-2016-5345 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Android, published on 23 Jan 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Buffer overflow in the Qualcomm radio driver in Android before 2017-01-05 on Android One devices allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 32639452 and Qualcomm internal bug CR1079713.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5345?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2016-5345?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-5345 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2016-5345 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5345 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-gpj2-98x8-rq6x.