CVE-2016-5855 (GCVE-0-2016-5855)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-08-16 15:00
Modified
2024-09-16 18:29
Severity ?
CWE
  • Buffer Over-read in Secure Processor
Summary
In a driver in all Qualcomm products with Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, or QRD Android, a user-supplied buffer is casted to a structure without checking if the source buffer is large enough.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Qualcomm, Inc. All Qualcomm products Version: Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android
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