VDB-94996 · CVE-2016-5345 · BID 95273

Google Android Qualcomm Radio Driver memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Android. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Qualcomm Radio Driver. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-5345. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (version now known). This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component Qualcomm Radio Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in the Qualcomm radio driver in Android before 2017-01-05 on Android One devices allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 32639452 and Qualcomm internal bug CR1079713.

The bug was discovered 01/03/2017. The weakness was released 01/05/2017 as Android Security Bulletin - January 2017 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at source.android.com. The public release was coordinated with the vendor. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-5345 since 06/09/2016. The attack needs to be approached locally. Required for exploitation is a single authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 10/27/2022). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 95273†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-90138, VDB-94929, VDB-94930 and VDB-94931. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: source.codeaurora.org

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06/09/2016 🔍
01/03/2017 +208 days 🔍
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01/05/2017 +1 days 🔍
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10/27/2022 +1739 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com

Advisory: Android Security Bulletin - January 2017
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-5345 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-5345
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-94996
SecurityFocus: 95273 - Google Android One Qualcomm Radio Driver CVE-2016-5345 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-5345 - Google - Android - Medium

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

Created: 01/04/2017 18:43
Updated: 10/27/2022 13:19
Changes: 01/04/2017 18:43 (71), 07/14/2020 12:55 (1), 10/27/2022 13:19 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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