CVE-2016-5855

low-risk
Published 2017-08-16

In a driver in all Qualcomm products with Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, or QRD Android, a user-supplied buffer is casted to a structure without checking if the source buffer is large enough.

Do I need to act?

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0.11% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
4
CVSS 4.7/10 Medium
LOCAL / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Google

References (6)

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98220
Patch https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01
Issue Tracking https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//kernel/msm-4.4/commit/?id=a5edb54e93ba857...
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98220
Patch https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01
Issue Tracking https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//kernel/msm-4.4/commit/?id=a5edb54e93ba857...
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/ 100
low-risk
Severity 12/34 · Low
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal