CVE-2016-5862

When a control related to codec is issued from userspace in all Qualcomm products with Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, or QRD Android, the type casting is done to the container structure instead of the codec's individual structure, resulting in a device restart after kernel crash occurs.

Score

CVSS 3.0 7.0 High

Status

Modified - product-security@qualcomm.com

Published

2017-08-16

Last modified

2024-09-16

Weaknesses

CWE-264

Affected products

• Android (Google)
• All Qualcomm Products (Qualcomm Inc.)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98194
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01
• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//kernel/msm-4.4/commit/?id=4199451e83729a3add781eeafaee32994ff65b04