FKIE_CVE-2015-8938

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-08-06 10:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:35
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
The MSM camera driver in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 6 devices does not validate input parameters, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28804030 and Qualcomm internal bug CR766022.
References
security@android.comhttp://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.htmlVendor Advisory
security@android.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92219
security@android.comhttps://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=51c39420e3a49d1a7f05a77c64369b7623088238Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92219
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=51c39420e3a49d1a7f05a77c64369b7623088238Issue Tracking, Patch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
google android *
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T00:35:31.523",
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