CVE-2016-3850 Information

Description

Integer overflow in app/aboot/aboot.c in the Qualcomm bootloader in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 5X 6P and 7 (2013) devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted header field in a boot image aka Android internal bug 27917291 and Qualcomm internal bug CR945164.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92236 https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/lk/commit/?id=030371d45a9dcda4d0cc3c76647e753a1cc1b782

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.3