CVE-2016-3893 Information

Description

The wcdcal_hwdep_ioctl_shared function in sound/soc/codecs/wcdcal-hwdep.c in the Qualcomm sound codec in Android before 2016-09-05 on Nexus 6P devices does not properly copy firmware data which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application aka Android internal bug 29512527 and Qualcomm internal bug CR856400.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92884 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763 https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=a7a6ddc91cce7ad5ad55c9709b24bfc80f5ac873

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

5.5