CVE-2016-5855

MEDIUM

Qualcomm MSM and QRD Android - Exposure of Sensitive Information via Buffer Casting

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98220
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01

Scores

CVSS v3 4.7
EPSS 0.0011
EPSS Percentile 29.0%
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