High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 6, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2015-8940

Description

Integer overflow in sound/soc/msm/qdsp6v2/q6lsm.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 6 devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28813987 and Qualcomm internal bug CR792367.

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Affected products

Google/Android2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=6.0.1
- (no CPE)range: before 2016-08-05
Qualcomm/msm-3.10 kernelllm-fuzzy

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/nvdIssue TrackingPatch
source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/92219nvd

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