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FKIE_CVE-2016-5861

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-08-16 15:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:50
Severity
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
In a display driver in all Qualcomm products with Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, or QRD Android, a variable controlled by userspace is used to calculate offsets and sizes for copy operations, which could result in heap overflow.
References
product-security@qualcomm.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038623Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
product-security@qualcomm.comhttps://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-06-01Patch, Vendor Advisory
product-security@qualcomm.comhttps://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//kernel/msm-4.4/commit/?id=cf3c97b8b6165f13810e530068fbf94b07f1f77dIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038623Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-06-01Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//kernel/msm-4.4/commit/?id=cf3c97b8b6165f13810e530068fbf94b07f1f77dIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
google android *
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          "product": "All Qualcomm products",
          "vendor": "Qualcomm, Inc.",
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              "version": "Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android"
            }
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  "id": "CVE-2016-5861",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T00:50:09.903",
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