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CVE-2016-10495: Qualcomm Mdm9635m Firmware: Incorrect Access of Indexable Resource

CVE-2016-10495 is rated critical with a CVSS v3.0 base score of 9.8 and NVD lists Qualcomm Mdm9635m Firmware as the affected product. 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 MDM9635M, made changes to map the scan type value to an index value that is in range.

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-118: Incorrect Access of Indexable Resource

The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts operations within the boundaries of a resource that is accessed using an index or pointer, such as memory or files.

Affected products

  • Qualcomm Mdm9635m Firmware: all versions listed by NVD

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