CVE-2016-5855 Information disclosure in All Qualcomm products
A Qualcomm driver flaw allows attackers to read sensitive memory by casting a small user buffer to a larger structure without size checks.
- 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-2016-5855?
CVE-2016-5855 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 16 Aug 2017. 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
In a driver in all Qualcomm products with Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, or QRD Android, a user-supplied buffer is casted to a structure without checking if the source buffer is large enough.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5855?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2016-5855?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-5855 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2016-5855 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5855 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x546-m6gw-qc7f.