CVE-2016-3929

CVE-2016-3929 is a Qualcomm component elevation/privilege issue in Android on Nexus 5X and 6P, caused by internal bug 28823675. Affected: Qualcomm components in Android prior to the 2016-10-05 patch. Severity: High (NVD CVSS v2/v3 show 9.8–10.0). Remediation: Android 2016-10-01/10-05 patch levels...

CVE-2015-8951

Technical details are not publicly available in the provided connected documents. The CVE entry mentions use-after-free in the Qualcomm sound driver affecting Nexus devices, but no concrete vendor/version/fix details are supplied here. Monitor for updates.

CVE-2016-3902

CVE-2016-3902 affects Android’s Qualcomm IPA driver, specifically the ipa_qmi_service.c component, on Nexus 5X and 6P. The vulnerability, described as an information disclosure, could allow a crafted application to obtain sensitive information due to issues in the Qualcomm IPA driver prior to the...

CVE-2016-3929

Unspecified vulnerability in a Qualcomm component in Android before 2016-10-05 on Nexus 5X and 6P devices has unknown impact and attack vectors, aka internal bug 28823675...

CVE-2016-3901

CVE-2016-3901 affects the Qualcomm cryptographic engine driver (drivers/crypto/msm/qcedev.c) in Android. It describes multiple integer overflows that enable a local privilege escalation via a crafted application on Nexus 5X, Nexus 6, Nexus 6P, and Android One devices. Root cause is integer overfl...

CVE-2016-3860

CVE-2016-3860 affects the Qualcomm sound driver in Android, specifically the file sound/soc/msm/qdsp6v2/audio_calibration.c. The vulnerability allows a crafted application to disclose sensitive information due to an information-disclosure flaw in the Qualcomm sound device on Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, a...

CVE-2016-3927

Unspecified vulnerability in a Qualcomm component in Android before 2016-10-05 on Nexus 5X and 6P devices has unknown impact and attack vectors, aka internal bug 28823244...

CVE-2016-3926

Unspecified vulnerability in a Qualcomm component in Android before 2016-10-05 on Nexus 5, 5X, 6, and 6P devices has unknown impact and attack vectors, aka internal bug 28823953...

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Google Android Qualcomm Sound Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Android is a Linux-based open source operating system developed by Google and the Open Handheld Alliance OHA, and the Qualcomm Sound Driver is a Qualcomm-developed sound driver used in it. An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Qualcomm Sound Driver in versions of Android prior to...

CVE-2016-3893

The wcdcalhwdepioctlshared 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...

CVE-2016-3893

The wcdcalhwdepioctlshared 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...

CVE-2016-3866

The Qualcomm sound driver in Android before 2016-09-05 on Nexus 5X, 6, and 6P devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28868303 and Qualcomm internal bug CR1032820...

Code injection

The Qualcomm power driver in Android before 2016-09-05 on Nexus 5X and 6P devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28967028 and Qualcomm internal bug CR1032875...

Design/Logic Flaw

The Qualcomm sound driver in Android before 2016-09-05 on Nexus 5X, 6, and 6P devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28868303 and Qualcomm internal bug CR1032820...

Design/Logic Flaw

The Qualcomm SPMI driver in Android before 2016-09-05 on Nexus 5, 5X, 6, and 6P devices allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28760543 and Qualcomm internal bug CR1024197...

Buffer overflow

Buffer overflow in drivers/soc/qcom/subsystemrestart.c in the Qualcomm subsystem driver in Android before 2016-09-05 on Nexus 5X and 6P devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application that provides a long string, aka Android internal bug 28675151 and Qualcomm internal bug...

CVE-2016-3892

The Qualcomm SPMI driver in Android before 2016-09-05 on Nexus 5, 5X, 6, and 6P devices allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28760543 and Qualcomm internal bug CR1024197...

CVE-2016-3867

The Qualcomm IPA driver in Android before 2016-09-05 on Nexus 5X and 6P devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28919863 and Qualcomm internal bug CR1037897...