CVE-2016-3854
Description
drivers/media/video/msm/msm_mctl_buf.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 does not validate the image mode, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application, aka Qualcomm internal bug CR897326.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92256
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm/commit/?h=LA.AF.1.2.1_rb1.5&id=cc96def76dfd18fba88575065b29f2ae9191fafa
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92256
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm/commit/?h=LA.AF.1.2.1_rb1.5&id=cc96def76dfd18fba88575065b29f2ae9191fafa
CWEs
CWE-125
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.