CVE-2015-8940

Description

Integer overflow in sound/soc/msm/qdsp6v2/q6lsm.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 6 devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28813987 and Qualcomm internal bug CR792367.

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.06%
Vendor Advisory android.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92219 vdb entry
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=e13ebd727d161db7003be6756e61283dce85fa3b issue tracking patch

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-8940?
CVE-2015-8940 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-8940?
To fix CVE-2015-8940, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2015-8940 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2015-8940 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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