CVE-2015-8888
Description
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 CR813933.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91628
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/lk/commit/?id=1321f34f1ebcff61ad7e65e507cfd3e9028af19b
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91628
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/lk/commit/?id=1321f34f1ebcff61ad7e65e507cfd3e9028af19b
CWEs
CWE-189 CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.