CVE-2016-8463 Denial of service in Android

What is CVE-2016-8463?

CVE-2016-8463 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 12 Jan 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

A denial of service vulnerability in the Qualcomm FUSE file system could enable a remote attacker to use a specially crafted file to cause a device hang or reboot. This issue is rated as High due to the possibility of remote denial of service. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-30786860. References: QC-CR#586855.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8463?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2016-8463?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-8463 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2016-8463 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8463 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-c4m9-pfjj-fvfp.