CVE-2016-5861 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In a display driver in all Qualcomm products with Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, or QRD Android, a variable controlled by userspace is used to calculate offsets and sizes for copy operations, which could result in heap overflow.

Published: 2017-08-16

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Qualcomm, Inc.

All Qualcomm products

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-6795	In a display driver in all Qualcomm products with Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, or QRD Android, a variable controlled by userspace is used to calculate offsets and sizes for copy operations, which could result in heap overflow.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Adjacent Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Adjacent Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00242.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038623
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-06-01
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//kernel/msm-4.4/commit/?id=cf3c97b8b6165f13810e530068fbf94b07f1f77d

History

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Google Android

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: qualcomm

Published: 2017-08-16T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T02:52:01.817Z

Reserved: 2016-06-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-5861

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-08-16T15:29:00.440

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2016-5861

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-264

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