High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 6, 2016· Updated May 6, 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.
Patches
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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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