CVE-2016-2442

low-risk

Published 2016-05-09

The Qualcomm buspm driver in Android before 2016-05-01 on Nexus 5X, 6, and 6P devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 26494907.

Do I need to act?

0.06% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 7.0/10 High

LOCAL / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (1)

Android

Affected Vendors

Google

References (4)

Patch http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-05-01.html

Third Party Advisory https://www.codeaurora.org/issues-tsc-tspp2-and-buspm-drivers-cve-2015-0573-cve-...

Patch http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-05-01.html

Third Party Advisory https://www.codeaurora.org/issues-tsc-tspp2-and-buspm-drivers-cve-2015-0573-cve-...

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low-risk

Severity 18/34 · Moderate

Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal

Exposure 5/34 · Minimal