CVE-2016-5348

high-risk
Published 2016-10-10

The GPS component in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, 6.x before 2016-10-01, and 7.0 before 2016-10-01 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption, and device hang or reboot) via a large xtra.bin or xtra2.bin file on a spoofed Qualcomm gpsonextra.net or izatcloud.net host, aka internal bug 29555864.

Do I need to act?

~
9.6% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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1 public exploit available
40502
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.9/10 Medium
NETWORK / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (20)

Affected Vendors

Google

References (14)

Vendor Advisory http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93293
Patch https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/218b813d5bc2d7d3952e...
Permissions Required https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=213747
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-04-01
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40502/
Exploit https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2016/10/04/advisory-cve-2016-5348-2/
Vendor Advisory http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93293
Patch https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/218b813d5bc2d7d3952e...
Permissions Required https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=213747
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-04-01
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40502/
Exploit https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2016/10/04/advisory-cve-2016-5348-2/
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 18/34 · Moderate
Exposure 21/34 · High