Medium severity4.7NVD Advisory· Published Aug 16, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2016-5855
CVE-2016-5855
Description
In a driver in all Qualcomm products with Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, or QRD Android, a user-supplied buffer is casted to a structure without checking if the source buffer is large enough.
Affected products
1- Qualcomm, Inc./All Qualcomm productsv5Range: Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
3- source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//kernel/msm-4.4/commit/nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/98220nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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