CVE-2016-5348

MEDIUM

Google Android - Resource Management Error

Title source: rule

Description

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by Nightwatch Cybersecurity Research · textdosandroid

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40502

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (7)

[Vendor Advisory] http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93293

[Patch] https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/218b813d5bc2d7d3952ea1861c38b4aa944ac59b

[Permissions Required] https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=213747

[Vendor Advisory] https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-04-01

[Exploit, Patch, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory] https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2016/10/04/advisory-cve-2016-5348-2/

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory] https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40502/

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9

EPSS 0.0960

EPSS Percentile 92.8%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-399

Status published

Affected Products (24)

google/android

google/android

google/android

google/android

google/android

google/android

google/android

google/android

google/android

google/android

google/android

google/android

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Timeline

Published Oct 10, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026