CVE-2012-4221 (GCVE-0-2012-4221)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-11-30 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 20:28
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Integer overflow in diagchar_core.c in the Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Diagnostics (aka DIAG) kernel-mode driver for Android 2.3 through 4.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via an application that uses crafted arguments in a local diagchar_ioctl call.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
2 references
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| https://www.codeaurora.org/projects/security-advi… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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Date Public
2012-11-15 00:00
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