CVE-2016-5863 Memory corruption in All Qualcomm products
Missing sanity checks in Qualcomm ioctl handlers allow out-of-bounds accesses, potentially enabling code execution or privilege escalation on Android devices.
- 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
- Available
What is CVE-2016-5863?
CVE-2016-5863 is a high-severity memory corruption 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 an ioctl handler in all Qualcomm products with Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, or QRD Android, several sanity checks are missing which can lead to out-of-bounds accesses.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5863?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2016-5863?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2016-5863 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5863 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c3jv-xx3c-w254, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5863.