CVE-2016-3856 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

netd in Android before 2016-08-05 mishandles tethering and stdio streams, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application, aka Qualcomm internal bug CR959631.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00092.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Google Subscribe	Android Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-4869	netd in Android before 2016-08-05 mishandles tethering and stdio streams, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application, aka Qualcomm internal bug CR959631.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92256
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/system/netd/commit/?h=LA.BF64.1.2.1&id=cc2853e6cec8ca2cf92430ad9a83358b131fc417
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/system/netd/commit/?h=LA.BR.1&id=568ef402f6d5a7a50c126aafc78c4edf59abba1c

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: google_android

Published: 2016-08-06T10:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:10:31.257Z

Reserved: 2016-03-30T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-3856

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-08-06T10:59:57.533

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-3856

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-19

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