CVE-2016-5348

Published: Oct 10, 2016Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-399

5.9MEDIUM

NVD MITRE

Description

The GPS component in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, 6.x before 2016-10-01, and 7.0 before 2016-10-01 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption, and device hang or reboot) via a large xtra.bin or xtra2.bin file on a spoofed Qualcomm gpsonextra.net or izatcloud.net host, aka internal bug 29555864.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:HAttack Complexity

High

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:NIntegrity

None

A:HAvailability

High

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Weaknesses

CWE-399

Affected Products

google

commercial·USaka google llc, google inc

androidEmbeddedOS

Operating Systems / mobile-os

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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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References

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html

source.android.com

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93293

securityfocus.com

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/218b813d5bc2d7d3952ea1861c38b4aa944ac59b

android.googlesource.com

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