CVE-2016-5346 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2016-5346?

CVE-2016-5346 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 8 Jan 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An Information Disclosure vulnerability exists in the Google Pixel/Pixel SL Qualcomm Avtimer Driver due to a NULL pointer dereference when processing an accept system call by the user process on AF_MSM_IPC sockets, which could let a local malicious user obtain sensitive information (Android Bug ID A-32551280).

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5346?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2016-5346?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-5346 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-5346 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5346 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-5f4q-fmwx-64m4.