CVE-2016-3857

CVE-2016-3857 is an Android/Linux kernel privilege-escalation flaw in the ARM OABI compatibility layer present on Nexus 7 (2013) devices prior to 2016-08-05. The issue arises from two bugs in the ARM OABI area that can let local attackers escalate privileges via a crafted app (internal bug 285225...

August 2016 Android Security Bulletin

Google today patched more than three-dozen critical vulnerabilities in Qualcomm components embedded in the Android operating system, all of them allowing attackers to gain a foothold on devices to launch further attacks. The Qualcomm-related patches are among dozens in the monthly Android Securit...

Android MediaTek Wi-Fi boost vulnerability

Android on Android One is a Linux-based open source operating system for Android One smartphone developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance OHA in the U.S. MediaTek Wi-Fi driver is one of the components of MediaTek Wi-Fi driver. MediaTek Wi-Fi driver is a wireless card driver component...

CVE-2016-3796

The MediaTek power driver in Android before 2016-07-05 on Android One devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 29008443 and MediaTek internal bug ALPS02677244...

CVE-2016-3757

The printmaps function in toolbox/lsof.c in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-07-01 allows user-assisted attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application that attempts to list a long name of a memory-mapped file, aka internal bug 28175237...

CVE-2016-3751

Unspecified vulnerability in libpng before 1.6.20, as used in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-07-01, allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka interna...

CVE-2014-9801

Multiple integer overflows in lib/libfdt/fdtrw.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 devices allow attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28822060 and Qualcomm internal bug CR705078...

CVE-2014-9801

Multiple integer overflows in lib/libfdt/fdtrw.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 devices allow attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28822060 and Qualcomm internal bug CR705078...

Code injection

The Qualcomm camera driver in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5X, 6, 6P, and 7 2013 devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 27890772 and Qualcomm internal bug CR1001092...

Design/Logic Flaw

drivers/mmc/core/debugfs.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 2013 devices does not validate pointers used in read and write operations, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28769136 and Qualcomm intern...

UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3752

internal/app/ChooserActivity.java in the ChooserTarget service in Android 6.x before 2016-07-01 mishandles target security checks, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 28384423...

Integer overflow

Integer overflow in app/aboot/aboot.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 devices allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted block count and block size of a sparse header, aka Android internal bug 28822465 and Qualcomm internal bug CR81393...

CVE-2015-8892

CVE-2015-8892 affects the Qualcomm components in Android on Nexus 5X and 6P, where platform/msm_shared/boot_verifier.c can bypass intended access restrictions by using a digest with trailing data. The issue pertains to Android versions prior to 2016-07-05 and is referenced in Android/Qualcomm bug...

CVE-2014-9796

CVE-2014-9796 affects Android on Nexus 5 and Nexus 7 (2013) via the Qualcomm component’s app/aboot/aboot.c, where the kernel header page size is not validated, enabling a crafted boot image to bypass access restrictions. Public details are tied to Android/Qualcomm bug references (28820722, CR6847...

CVE-2014-9801

Multiple integer overflows in lib/libfdt/fdtrw.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 devices allow attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28822060 and Qualcomm internal bug CR705078...

CVE-2014-9801

CVE-2014-9801 concerns Android components on Nexus 5 (Qualcomm) where multiple integer overflows in lib/libfdt/fdt_rw.c can be triggered by a crafted application to gain privileges. The issue is described as an Android internal bug 28822060 and a Qualcomm internal bug CR705078, affecting Qualcomm...

CVE-2014-9787

CVE-2014-9787 describes an integer overflow in drivers/misc/qseecom.c of the Qualcomm component used in Android on Nexus 7 (2013) devices. The vulnerability could allow a local attacker to gain privileges via a crafted application, due to the overflow in the Qualcomm qseecom driver. Public detail...

Samsung Android JACK - Privilege Escalation

Exploit for Android platform in category local exploits Sources: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=796 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=795 The usermode audio subsystem for the "Samsung Android Professional Audio" is based on JACK, which appears to...

Android security development of ZIP file directory traversal-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

ZIP compressed package file to allow the presence of“../”string, an attacker can carefully construct the ZIP file, use multiple“../”thereby changing the ZIP package to a file in the storage position, the cover to replace the application the original file. If the overwritten file is available. so...

Mobile Triada and Horde Variants Bypass Android Security

Two mobile variants of Triada and Horde malware have been spotted in the wild by Check Point Software Technologies researchers who warn the latest samples have adopted dangerous new techniques including the ability to evade Google’s security on some OS versions. The Android Trojan called Triada,...