CVE-2016-3855

Description

drivers/thermal/supply_lm_core.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 does not validate a certain count parameter, 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 CR990824.

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.08%
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/92256 vdb entry
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=ab3f46119ca10de87a11fe966b0723c48f27acd4 issue tracking patch

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-3855?
CVE-2016-3855 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-3855?
To fix CVE-2016-3855, 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-2016-3855 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2016-3855 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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