CVE-2016-5348
What it is
The GPS component in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, 6.x before 2016-10-01, and 7.0 before 2016-10-01 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption, and device hang or reboot) via a large xtra.bin or xtra2.bin file on a spoofed Qualcomm gpsonextra.net or izatcloud.net host, aka internal bug 29555864.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. High risk of service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 4.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 4.0% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 5.9 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 4.0% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Google Android 4.0
- Google Android 4.0.1
- Google Android 4.0.2
- Google Android 4.0.3
- Google Android 4.0.4
- Google Android 4.1
- Google Android 4.1.2
- Google Android 4.2
Attack profile CVSS 3.0 · 5.9
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Fix and advisories
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/218b813d5bc2d7d3952ea1861c38b4aa944ac59b
- https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2016/10/04/advisory-cve-2016-5348-2/
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/218b813d5bc2d7d3952ea1861c38b4aa944ac59b
- https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2016/10/04/advisory-cve-2016-5348-2/
References
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93293
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/218b813d5bc2d7d3952ea1861c38b4aa944ac59b
- https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=213747
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-04-01
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40502/
- https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2016/10/04/advisory-cve-2016-5348-2/
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93293
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/218b813d5bc2d7d3952ea1861c38b4aa944ac59b
- https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=213747
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-04-01
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40502/
- https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2016/10/04/advisory-cve-2016-5348-2/