CVE-2015-8893

Published: Jul 11, 2016Modified: May 6, 2026

5.5

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

app/aboot/aboot.c in the Qualcomm bootloader in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices allows attackers to cause a denial of service (OS outage or buffer over-read) via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28822690 and Qualcomm internal bug CR822275.

Affected (1)

Products: Google: Android

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Google Android	Up to 6.0.1

Related CWEs

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (4)

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html

Source: security@android.com

Vendor Advisory

https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/lk/commit/?id=800255e8bfcc31a02e89460460e3811f225e7a69

Source: security@android.com

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/lk/commit/?id=800255e8bfcc31a02e89460460e3811f225e7a69

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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