UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5340

The isashmemfile function in drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c in a certain Qualcomm Innovation Center QuIC Android patch for the Linux kernel 3.x mishandles pointer validation within the KGSL Linux Graphics Module, which allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by using the /ashmem...

CVE-2015-0568

The CVE-2015-0568 entry describes a use-after-free in the MSM-Camera driver (drivers/media/video/msm/msm_camera.c), in the msm_set_crop function, for the Linux kernel 3.x used with Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions. A crafted ioctl call from a local attacker can trigger memo...

CVE-2016-5340

The isashmemfile function in drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c in a certain Qualcomm Innovation Center QuIC Android patch for the Linux kernel 3.x mishandles pointer validation within the KGSL Linux Graphics Module, which allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by using the /ashmem...

CVE-2016-5340

CVE-2016-5340 is tied to a vulnerability in the KGSL Linux Graphics Module exposed by a QuIC Android patch for Linux kernel 3.x. The issue arises from the function is_ashmem_file in drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c, where pointer validation is mishandled. This design flaw can allow an attacker to...

CVE-2014-9410

The CVE-2014-9410 entry affects the MSM-VFE31 driver for the Linux kernel 3.x (as used in Qualcomm Innovation Center Android contributions). The vulnerability is in vfe31_proc_general, which does not validate a specific id value, enabling a local attacker to gain privileges or cause memory corrup...

CVE-2016-2068

The MSM QDSP6 audio driver aka sound driver for the Linux kernel 3.x, as used in Qualcomm Innovation Center QuIC Android contributions for MSM devices and other products, allows attackers to gain privileges or cause a denial of service integer overflow, and buffer overflow or buffer over-read via...

CVE-2016-2067

CVE-2016-2067 affects the Linux kernel MSM GPU driver: drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl.c in the MSM graphics driver (QuIC Android contributions) for kernel 3.x. The root cause is mishandling of the KGSL_MEMFLAGS_GPUREADONLY flag, which can create accidental read/write mappings. This enables a local attacker...

CVE-2016-2067

drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl.c in the MSM graphics driver aka GPU driver for the Linux kernel 3.x, as used in Qualcomm Innovation Center QuIC Android contributions for MSM devices and other products, mishandles the KGSLMEMFLAGSGPUREADONLY flag, which allows attackers to gain privileges by leveraging...

Google Allo a Clash of Privacy and Functionality

Reaction to the release of Google’s Allo messaging app has been mixed since it was unveiled Wednesday during Google’s I/O event. Allo has two modes, a normal mode run by an artificial intelligence that includes Google Assistant. It analyzes messages and offers suggestions based on the content tha...

CVE-2013-4737

The CONFIGSTRICTMEMORYRWX implementation for the Linux kernel 3.x, as used in Qualcomm Innovation Center QuIC Android contributions for MSM devices and other products, does not properly consider certain memory sections, which makes it easier for attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by...

CVE-2012-4222

drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl.c in the Qualcomm Innovation Center QuIC Graphics KGSL kernel-mode driver for Android 2.3 through 4.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference via an application that uses crafted arguments in a local kgslioctl call...

Google To Speed Up The Internet With Its New QUIC Protocol

Google is trying every effort to make the World Wide Web faster for Internet users. The company has announced plans to propose its homemade networking protocol, called Quick UDP Internet Connections QUIC, to the Internet Engineering Task Force IETF in order to make it the next-generation Internet...

CVE-2014-4322

drivers/misc/qseecom.c in the QSEECOM driver for the Linux kernel 3.x, as used in Qualcomm Innovation Center QuIC Android contributions for MSM devices and other products, does not validate certain offset, length, and base values within an ioctl call, which allows attackers to gain privileges or...

CVE-2013-2595

The device-initialization functionality in the MSM camera driver for the Linux kernel 2.6.x and 3.x, as used in Qualcomm Innovation Center QuIC Android contributions for MSM devices and other products, enables MSMCAMIOCTLSETMEMMAPINFO ioctl calls for an unrestricted mmap interface, which allows...

Command injection

The Qualcomm Innovation Center QuIC init scripts in Code Aurora Forum CAF releases of Android 4.1.x through 4.4.x allow local users to modify file metadata via a symlink attack on a file accessed by a 1 chown or 2 chmod command, as demonstrated by changing the permissions of an arbitrary file via...

CVE-2013-6124

The CVE-2013-6124 entry describes a local privilege escalation in Code Aurora Forum (CAF) Android 4.1.x–4.4.x where Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) init scripts allow a symlink attack to modify file metadata. Specifically, during device startup, init shell scripts run with root privileges and m...

CVE-2013-2595

The CVE-2013-2595 issue affects the MSM camera driver in Linux kernels 2.6.x and 3.x, used in Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM devices. The vulnerability stems from the MSM_CAM_IOCTL_SET_MEM_MAP_INFO ioctl exposing an unrestricted mmap interface, enabling a locally ...

CVE-2014-0973

CVE-2014-0973 affects the Little Kernel (LK) bootloader used with Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM devices. The image_verify function in platform/msm_shared/image_verify.c does not ensure the digest size is consistent with the RSA_public_decrypt API, enabling bypass...

CVE-2013-4737

The CONFIGSTRICTMEMORYRWX implementation for the Linux kernel 3.x, as used in Qualcomm Innovation Center QuIC Android contributions for MSM devices and other products, does not properly consider certain memory sections, which makes it easier for attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by...

CVE-2013-4736

Multiple integer overflows in the JPEG engine drivers in the MSM camera driver for the Linux kernel 2.6.x and 3.x, as used in Qualcomm Innovation Center QuIC Android contributions for MSM devices and other products, allow attackers to cause a denial of service system crash via a large number of...