CVE-2015-8951
Qualcomm Android Sound Driver Use-After-Free Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description
Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in sound/soc/msm/qdsp6v2/msm-lsm-client.c in the Qualcomm sound driver in Android before 2016-10-05 on Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, and Android One devices allow attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 30142668 and Qualcomm internal bug CR 948902.
INFO
Published Date :
Oct. 10, 2016, 10:59 a.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 28, 2016, 7:50 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.8
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2015-8951.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html | Vendor Advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93317 | |
| https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=ccff36b07bfc49efc77b9f1b55ed2bf0900b1d5b | Issue Tracking Patch |
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 28, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93317 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Translated by [email protected]
Oct. 12, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Oct. 11, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:google:android:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=ccff36b07bfc49efc77b9f1b55ed2bf0900b1d5b No Types Assigned https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=ccff36b07bfc49efc77b9f1b55ed2bf0900b1d5b Issue Tracking, Patch Changed Reference Type http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html No Types Assigned http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html Vendor Advisory Added CWE CWE-264 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Oct. 11, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:google:android:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=ccff36b07bfc49efc77b9f1b55ed2bf0900b1d5b No Types Assigned https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=ccff36b07bfc49efc77b9f1b55ed2bf0900b1d5b Issue Tracking, Patch Changed Reference Type http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html No Types Assigned http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html Vendor Advisory Added CWE CWE-264
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2015-8951 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2015-8951
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.09 }} 0.00%
score
0.36377
percentile