Google Android Qualcomm Audio Driver Parameter access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Android. It has been classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Qualcomm Audio Driver. The manipulation as part of Parameter leads to access control. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2016-5864. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (unknown version). This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Qualcomm Audio Driver. The manipulation as part of a Parameter leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In an audio driver function in all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, some parameters are from userspace, and if they are set to a large value, integer overflow is possible followed by buffer overflow. In another function, a missing check for a lower bound may result in an out of bounds memory access.

The bug was discovered 06/05/2017. The weakness was presented 08/16/2017 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at source.android.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-5864 since 06/28/2016. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 72 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

See VDB-102302, VDB-102303, VDB-102304 and VDB-102305 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

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VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: source.codeaurora.org

Timelineinfo

06/28/2016 🔍
06/05/2017 +342 days 🔍
08/16/2017 +72 days 🔍
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12/15/2022 +1947 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com

Advisory: source.android.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-5864 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-5864
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-105383
SecurityTracker: 1038623

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/16/2017 22:04
Updated: 12/15/2022 20:21
Changes: 08/16/2017 22:04 (60), 11/07/2019 15:22 (2), 01/09/2021 13:30 (3), 12/15/2022 20:21 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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