CVE Catalog

CVE-2015-8938

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The MSM camera driver in Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 6 devices does not validate input parameters, allowing attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to the system, potentially leading to serious security breaches.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Android system to a version after 2016-08-05 to mitigate this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The MSM camera driver in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 6 devices does not validate input parameters, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28804030 and Qualcomm internal bug CR766022.

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