CVE-2014-10056

Concrete technical details found: CVE-2014-10056 is an Android/OpenCL-related buffer overflow affecting OpenCL applications that call clBuildProgram() with a CL_DEVICE_TYPE_CPU in the device_list, on Qualcomm CPUs SD 210/212/205 (Android prior to 2018-04-05 SPL). The CNVD-2018-08830 entry confirm...

CVE-2015-9138

CVE-2015-9138 affects Android devices with Qualcomm-based SoCs. The issue arises when performing RSA encryption: the ce_util_to_unsigned_bin function uses the input address (c) instead of the buffer size, which can cause a logic overrun and potentially a buffer overflow. The vulnerability is desc...

CVE-2014-10043

CVE-2014-10043 affects Android devices with Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile/Wear platforms (e.g., MSM8909W, SD 210/212/205, SD 400/410/12/800). The issue is a buffer over-read when reading PlayReady rights string information from a command buffer (sent from non-secure side) if the rights string length...

CVE-2016-10422

CVE-2016-10422 affects Android devices (Qualcomm Small Cell SoC, Snapdragon lines, SDx platforms) with an underlying issue described as improper access control in a system call that leads to unauthorized access. The entry documents this vulnerability across multiple Qualcomm/Android components an...

CVE-2015-9157

CVE-2015-9157 describes a race-condition in Android Qualcomm widevine support where rsp buffers passed to widevine commands in widevine_dash_cmd_handler() can be read or overflowed due to memory not being locked during time-of-check/time-of-use. Affected are Android devices with Qualcomm Snapdrag...

CVE-2015-9111

CVE-2015-9111 affects Android on Qualcomm Snapdragon devices (SD 425/430/450/625/650/52/820/820A) where a QTEE syscall handler could dereference an untrusted pointer. This could enable remote code execution with network access and no user interaction. The vulnerability is documented as affecting ...

CVE-2016-10483

CVE-2016-10483 affects Android devices with Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile SoCs (SD 410/12, SD 615/16, SD 415, SD 808, SD 810). Root cause is improper input validation while processing SCM Command, leading to unauthorized memory access. According to the Android bulletin, these issues were addressed w...

CVE-2016-10428

CVE-2016-10428 affects Android devices with Qualcomm Snapdragon Automotive and Snapdragon Mobile (SD 425, 430, 450, 625, 650/52, 820, 820A). The issue is in the HMAC verification of a counter file, where an insecure memcmp may enable a timing attack. Public details from NVD reiterate this descrip...

Don’t Trust Android OEM Patching, Claims Researcher

Many Android device manufacturers are not telling the truth when they say they have patched phone vulnerabilities in new updates, researchers found. Karsten Nohl and Jakob Lell, researchers with Security Research Labs, told Threatpost they have tested the firmware on close to 3,000 phones and fou...

CVE-2017-18146

CVE-2017-18146 affects Android on Qualcomm Snapdragon platforms (Automobile, Mobile, Wear; various SDM/MDM/SD chips). In vulnerable builds prior to the 2018-04-05 patch level, ECDSA signature verification can fail in corner cases, potentially impacting message authentication. The issue is listed ...

CVE-2017-13293

CVE-2017-13293 affects Android kernel NFC driver. In the nfc_hci_cmd_received() function of core.c, there is a missing bounds check that can cause an out-of-bounds write, enabling local elevation of privilege in the kernel without extra execution privileges or user interaction. The connected Andr...

Google’s April Android Security Bulletin Warns of 9 Critical Bugs

Nine vulnerabilities rated critical were patched as part of Google’s Android Security Bulletin for April. Critical vulnerabilities ranged from two remote code execution vulnerabilities tied to the Android media framework, to a Qualcomm Wi-Fi component flaw that allowed a nearby attacker to use “a...

CVE-2017-9692

When an atomic commit is issued on a writeback panel with a NULL outputlayer parameter in Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, and QRD Android before 2017-06-03, a NULL pointer dereference may potentially occur...

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The Pixel/Nexus Security Bulletin contains details of security vulnerabilities and functional improvements affecting supported Google Pixel and Nexus devices Google devices. For Google devices, security patch levels of 2018-02-05 or later address all issues in this bulletin and all issues in the...

Google Booted 700,000 Bad Apps From Its Marketplace in 2017

Google set the record straight on Android security Tuesday, announcing that in 2017 it booted 700,000 apps from Google Play for violating marketplace policies. In a blog post titled “How we fought bad apps and malicious developers in 2017,” Google outlined efforts made over the last 12 months to...

CVE-2017-11069

CVE-2017-11069 is a heap overflow in the SafeSwitch image handling, reported for Android for MSM platforms (CAF/Linux kernel) and associated Qualcomm bootloader contexts. The vulnerability arises from manipulation of SafeSwitch Image data, and is categorized in the Qualcomm bootloader area as an ...

Google Qualcomm Bootloader Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Android is a Linux-based open source operating system jointly developed by Google and the Open Handheld Alliance OHA, and Qualcomm Bootloader is a Qualcomm-developed bootloader used in it. An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Qualcomm Bootloader in Android. A remote attacker can...

Code injection

In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, handles in the global client structure can become stale...

CVE-2017-8211

The CVE-2017-8211 entry concerns a buffer overflow in the driver of Huawei Honor 5C and Honor 6X smartphones. Affected software versions are earlier than NEM-AL10C00B356 (for Honor 5C) and Berlin-L21HNC432B360 (for Honor 6X). The root cause is lack of parameter validation in the driver, enabling ...