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CVE-2016-5348

Published: Oct 10, 2016Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-399
5.9MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
4.3%
Top 9.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

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

AV:NAC:HPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
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 inc, google llc
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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