High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 11, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2015-8890

Description

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.

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/91628nvd
source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/lk/commit/nvd

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