CVE-2016-8411 Memory corruption in Android

What is CVE-2016-8411?

CVE-2016-8411 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Google Android, published on 27 Jan 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Buffer overflow vulnerability while processing QMI QOS TLVs. Product: Android. Versions: versions that have qmi_qos_srvc.c. Android ID: 31805216. References: QC CR#912775.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8411?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2016-8411?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-8411 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-2016-8411 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8411 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-f8fq-8pvw-p4xw, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8411.