CVE Catalog

CVE-2015-8890

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

In Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices, certain GUID Partition Table (GPT) data is not validated. This allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted MultiMediaCard (MMC).

Risk Assessment

Attackers may gain unauthorized access to the system, potentially leading to serious data security breaches.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update devices to the latest version of Android to mitigate this vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

platform/msm_shared/partition_parser.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices does not validate certain GUID Partition Table (GPT) data, which allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted MultiMediaCard (MMC), aka Android internal bug 28822878 and Qualcomm internal bug CR823461.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS