CVE-2016-5861

8.8 HIGH

Published: August 16, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

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

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038623

Source: product-security@qualcomm.com

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-06-01

Source: product-security@qualcomm.com

Patch Vendor Advisory

https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//kernel/msm-4.4/commit/?id=cf3c97b8b6165f13810e530068fbf94b07f1f77d

Source: product-security@qualcomm.com

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038623

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-06-01

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Patch Vendor Advisory

https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//kernel/msm-4.4/commit/?id=cf3c97b8b6165f13810e530068fbf94b07f1f77d

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

6 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

8.8 / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

0.4%

35th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-264

Affected Vendors

google

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