CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-2502

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The Qualcomm USB driver in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5X and 6P devices contains a vulnerability that allows attackers to gain privileges via a large size in a GSER_IOCTL ioctl call.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability may lead to privilege escalation, posing a significant threat to the security of devices and user data.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Android system to a version after 2016-07-05 to mitigate this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

drivers/usb/gadget/f_serial.c in the Qualcomm USB driver in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5X and 6P devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a large size in a GSER_IOCTL ioctl call, aka Android internal bug 27657963 and Qualcomm internal bug CR997044.

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