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CVE-2016-10460: Qualcomm SD 835 Firmware: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CVE-2016-10460 is rated critical with a CVSS v3.0 base score of 9.8 and NVD lists 3 affected products, including Qualcomm SD 835 Firmware. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication, without any user interaction. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability description

In Android before 2018-04-05 or earlier security patch level on Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile SD 835, SD 845, and SD 850, vendor specific opcodes may not have any packet length validation leading to buffer over-reads.

Severity breakdown

CVSS v3.0 9.8: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

  • Attack vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network, with no need for local or physical access.
  • Attack complexity: Low. No special conditions; the attack can be repeated reliably.
  • Privileges required: None. No account or prior access is needed.
  • User interaction: None. No action from any user is needed.
  • Scope: Unchanged. Impact stays within the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: High. Total loss of confidentiality; sensitive data can be fully disclosed.
  • Integrity impact: High. Total loss of integrity; data or system state can be fully modified.
  • Availability impact: High. Total loss of availability; the component can be shut down.

Underlying weakness

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary.

Affected products

  • Qualcomm SD 835 Firmware: all versions listed by NVD
  • Qualcomm SD 845 Firmware: all versions listed by NVD
  • Qualcomm SD 850 Firmware: all versions listed by NVD

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