High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 6, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-8943
CVE-2015-8943
Description
drivers/video/msm/mdss/mdss_mdp_util.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 devices does not verify that a mapping exists before proceeding with an unmap operation, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28815158 and Qualcomm internal bugs CR794217 and CR836226.
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Affected products
5- Range: Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5
- osv-coords3 versionspkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-flo@3.4.0-5.23?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenialpkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-goldfish@3.4.0-4.27?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenialpkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-mako@3.4.0-7.44?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial
>= 0+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: >= 0
- (no CPE)range: >= 0
- (no CPE)range: >= 0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm/commit/nvdIssue TrackingPatch
- source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/92219nvd
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