CVE-2016-5855

MEDIUM

Qualcomm - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm

Description

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.

References (3)

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98220

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01

[Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//kernel/msm-4.4/commit/?id=a5edb54e93ba85719091fe2bc426d75fa7059834

Scores

CVSS v3 4.7

EPSS 0.0011

EPSS Percentile 29.4%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Details

CWE

CWE-200

Status published

Products (2)

google/android

Qualcomm, Inc./All Qualcomm products < Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android

Published Aug 16, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026