CVE-2016-5341

MEDIUM

Android < 7.1.0 - Denial of Service via Spoofed GPS XTRA Data

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The GPS component in Android before 2016-12-05 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to cause a denial of service (GPS signal-acquisition delay) via an incorrect xtra.bin or xtra2.bin file on a spoofed Qualcomm gpsonextra.net or izatcloud.net host, aka internal bug 31470303 and external bug 211602 (and AndroidID-7225554).

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Mitigation, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2016/12/05/cve-2016-5341/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94689
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9
EPSS 0.0086
EPSS Percentile 54.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-284
Status published
Products (1)
google/android < 7.1.0
Published Dec 06, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026